1. n. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. n. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3. n. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4. n. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
5. n. The act of a mother giving birth.
6. n. The time period during which a mother gives birth.
7. n. (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
8. n. An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
9. v. (intransitive) To toil, to work.
10. v. To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.
11. v. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
12. v. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
13. v. (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
work
1. 名詞. 仕事、職業、作業、勉強、研究。
2. 名詞. 努力。
3. 名詞. 作品、成果。
4. 名詞. 作業場、仕事場。
'He's not here, he's still at work.'
彼はここにはいない、まだ仕事場だ。
5. 名詞. (物理学)仕事量。
6. 動詞. (自動詞)仕事をする、作業する、勉強する。
He's working in a bar.
彼は、バーで働いている。
7. 動詞. (自動詞)(予想・期待通りに)動く、作用する。
He pointed at the car and asked, 'Does it work'?
彼は、その車を指し示して、「これは、ちゃんと動きますか」と尋ねた。
He looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work.
彼は、ちゃんと効くのか疑い深げに痛み止めの瓶をみた。
8. 動詞. (自動詞)奏功する、うまくいく。
My plan didn't work.
私の計画はうまくいかなかった。
9. 動詞. (他動詞)(苦労・努力して)~をする。
He worked his way through the crowd.
彼は、苦労して人混みを抜けた。
The dye worked its way through.
染料がしみ込んでいった。
10. 動詞. (他動詞)(人などを)働かせる。
work
1. n. (heading) Employment.
2. n. Labour, occupation, job.
My work involves a lot of travel.
3. n. The place where one is employed.
He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work.
4. n. One's employer
“I want to go to the R.E.M. reunion concert but I'm not sure if my work will let me off.”
5. n. (heading) Effort.
6. n. Effort expended on a particular task.
Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
7. n. Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
8. n. Something on which effort is expended.
There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
9. n. (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
10. n. (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
11. n. 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.
12. n.Product; the result of effort.:
13. n. (often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
There's a lot of guesswork involved.
14. n. (often, in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
15. n. A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
It is a work of art.
the poetic works of Alexander Pope
16. n. A fortification.
William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
17. n. (slang) The staging of events to appear as real.
18. n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
19. n. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Tell me you're using clean works at least.
20. v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
He’s working in a bar.
21. v. Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
I work in a national park
she works in the human resources department
he mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry
22. v. Followed by as. Said of one's job title
I work as a cleaner.
23. v. Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
she works for Microsoft
he works for the president
24. v. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
I work closely with my Canadian counterparts
you work with computers
she works with the homeless people from the suburbs
25. v. To effect by gradual degrees.
he worked his way through the crowd
the dye worked its way through
using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand
26. v. To embroider with thread.
27. v. To set into action.
He worked the levers.
28. v. To cause to ferment.
29. v. (intransitive) To ferment.
30. v. To exhaust, by working.
The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
31. v. To shape, form, or improve a material.
He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
32. v. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
she works the night clubs
the salesman works the Midwest
this artist works mostly in acrylics
33. v. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
34. v. To provoke or excite; to influence.
The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
35. v. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
She knows how to work the system.
36. v. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
I cannot work a miracle.
37. v. To cause to work.
He is working his servants hard.
38. v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work
39. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
They worked on her to join the group.
40. v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
41. v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
His fingers worked with tension.
A ship works in a heavy sea.
42. v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well
43. v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).