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(noun)
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activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result


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he was tired after a day's work

work is still going on in fitting out a new store

(noun)
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a task or tasks to be undertaken


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they made sure the work was progressing smoothly

(noun)
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a thing or things done or made; the result of an action


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her work hangs in all the main American collections

the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell

(noun)
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a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out


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he found a job in the locomotive works

(noun)
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the operative part of a clock or other machine


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she could almost hear the tick of its works

(noun)
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a defensive structure


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just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works

(noun)
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the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change


(noun)
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everything needed, desired, or expected


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the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works

(verb)
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be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work


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she has been working so hard

an engineer who was working on a design for a more efficient wing

new contracts force employees to work longer hours

(verb)
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(of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively


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his phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point

(verb)
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(of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect


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the desperate ploy had worked

(verb)
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bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc.


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work the mixture into a paste with your hands

(verb)
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move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position


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comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end

look for small parts that might work loose

(verb)
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bring into a specified emotional state


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Harold had worked himself into a minor rage

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