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work n. 1 labour, toil, effort, drudgery, travail, exertion,
industry: Few people make it to the top and stay there without
hard work. 2 employment, business, occupation, vocation,
calling, profession, trade, line, m‚tier, career, livelihood,
job, post, position, situation: Does your work as a test pilot
interfere much with your home life? 3 task, function, duty,
assignment, charge, responsibility, chore, commission,
undertaking, stint: When you are finished with that work, clean
out the cellar. 4 feat, achievement, creation, accomplishment,
opus, handiwork, oeuvre, production, composition, piece,
master-work, masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre, magnum opus, output:
Some of Edwin's recent works have won prizes. 5 in work. in
production, under way, being done, in the works, being planned,
in the planning stage(s): The budget has been approved and the
project is already in work. 6 out of work. unemployed, idle,
jobless, at liberty, between engagements, available, free, Brit
redundant, Colloq Brit on the dole, US on or collecting
unemployment: How long have you been out of work?
--v. 7 labour, toil, exert oneself, sweat, moil, slave (away),
peg away, slog (away): His father worked in the mines from the
age of nine till he died of black-lung disease at forty. 8 till,
plough, farm, cultivate: Would he have been healthier and
longer-lived had he worked the land? 9 have a job, hold (down) a
post or position, earn a living, be employed: His wife works as
a designer in a Parisian fashion house. 10 control, manage,
manipulate, manoeuvre, wield, handle, operate, use, make use of,
utilize, exploit, deal with, bring into play: Are you sure you
know how to work all those dials and buttons? 11 function,
operate, run, go, develop, turn out, Colloq pan out: Are you
sure that the plan is working to your advantage? 12 function,
operate, run, go: The drill works better if you turn on the
power. 13 knead, mould, form, fashion, shape; mix, stir,
incorporate: Work the clay into long, narrow strips. Try to
work the colour in with your fingers.. 14 manoeuvre, manipulate,
guide: See if you can work him over into a corner where you can
grab him. 15 operate, use, employ, put to (good or effective)
use, wield, manipulate, ply, apply, exploit: Tanya must have
worked her magic on Eustace to make him that docile. 16 bring
about, effect, accomplish, carry out or off, make, produce,