works

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/wɜːks/ English

Definitions

noun

(heading) Employment.
(heading) Effort.
Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.“We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.”
(heading) Product; the result of effort.

verb

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.“He’s working in a bar.”
To effect by gradual degrees.“he worked his way through the crowd”
To embroider with thread.
To set into action.“He worked the levers.”

noun

A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.“A stray wrench can really gum up the works.”
A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.“The steel works almost fills the valley.”
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.“I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.”
(with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

Related words

Synonyms

whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole shebang plant deeds full treatment industrial plant kit and boodle whole caboodle whole kit whole kit and boodle whole works facilities factory worker papers

Associated

exhibited shakespeare copyright authors piano sculpture poems fiction volumes gallery art writings

Rhymes

perks jerks quirks waterworks fireworks networks artworks dreamworks steelworks burkes

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