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works n.pl. 1 plant, factory, workshop, shop, mill: We were taken on
a tour of the works to see how the marble is carved. 2
mechanism, machinery, workings, (moving or working) parts;
clockwork, Colloq innards, insides, Slang guts: We once had a
clock with all the works exposed. 3 the works. a everything,
the lot, Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, the whole shooting
match, everything but the kitchen sink, Chiefly US and Canadian
the whole shebang: We ordered two hamburgers with the works. b
a thrashing, a beating, a drubbing, a battering, a flogging, a
lambasting: When he refused to tell them where the money was
hidden, they gave him the works.
world n. 1 earth, planet, sphere, globe, Terra; universe, cosmos,
existence, creation, life: Do you believe the world is round?
Buckland lives in his own, private world. 2 humanity, mankind,
people, the human race, society, the public, men, humankind,
everybody, everyone, the world at large: We know what he thinks
of the world, but what does the world think of him? 3 area,
sphere, domain, community, clique, crowd, circle, fraternity,
faction, set, coterie: What value does the art world place on
Longchamps' paintings? 4 period, time, age, era, epoch,
time(s): They have produced an excellent series of programmes
on the ancient world. 5 bring into the world. a deliver, have,
give birth to, beget, Rare or dialect birth: Grandmother
brought sixteen children into the world. b deliver, midwife:
The town family doctor brought hundreds of children into the
world in his long career. 6 for all the world. precisely,
exactly, in all respects, in every respect, in every way, just:
He behaved for all the world like a man possessed by the devil.
7 on top of the world. ecstatic, delighted, elated, happy,
exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, Brit in the seventh heaven, US
in seventh heaven, Colloq on cloud nine, Brit over the moon:
George has been on top of the world ever since Prudence agreed
to marry him. 8 out of this world. marvellous, wonderful,
exceptional, unbelievable, incredible, excellent, superb, Colloq
great, smashing, fantastic, fabulous, Slang out of sight,
far-out, Brit magic, US to the max: The place we stayed at
Ibiza was out of this world!
worldly adv. 1 mundane, earthly, terrestrial, temporal, physical,
carnal, fleshly, corporeal, human; lay, non-spiritual,