| employment | | |
| n. (state) | 1. employ, employment | the state of being employed or having a job.; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| n. (act) | 2. employment, work | the occupation for which you are paid.; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| ~ coaching, coaching job | the job of a professional coach. |
| ~ booking, engagement | employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time.; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" |
| ~ ministry | the work of a minister of religion.; "he is studying for the ministry" |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ work load, workload | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time. |
| ~ piecework | work paid for according to the quantity produced. |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ service | employment in or work for another.; "he retired after 30 years of service" |
| ~ telecommuting, teleworking | employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem. |
| ~ services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others.; "the mayor tried to maintain city services"; "the medical services are excellent" |
| ~ public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service). |
| ~ paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly. |
| n. (act) | 3. employment, engagement | the act of giving someone a job. |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ shape-up | a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired. |
| ~ call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff. |
| ~ booking, reservation | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group).; "wondered who had made the booking" |
| n. (act) | 4. employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization | the act of using.; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ practice | the exercise of a profession.; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" |
| ~ play | utilization or exercise.; "the play of the imagination" |
| ~ misuse, abuse | improper or excessive use.; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" |
| ~ exploitation, development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" |
| ~ recycling | the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products. |
| ~ application, practical application | the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose.; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis" |
| job | | |
| n. (act) | 1. business, job, line, line of work, occupation | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ confectionery | the occupation and skills of a confectioner. |
| ~ sport | the occupation of athletes who compete for pay. |
| ~ farming, land | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" |
| ~ biz, game | your occupation or line of work.; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" |
| ~ calling, career, vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained. |
| ~ employment, work | the occupation for which you are paid.; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| ~ appointment | the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed.; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" |
| ~ berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot | a job in an organization.; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| ~ salt mine, treadmill | a job involving drudgery and confinement. |
| ~ craft, trade | the skilled practice of a practical occupation.; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
| ~ profession | an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences). |
| ~ metier, medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited.; "in law he found his true metier" |
| ~ accountancy, accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business. |
| ~ photography | the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies. |
| ~ catering | providing food and services. |
| n. (act) | 2. chore, job, task | a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" |
| ~ duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.; "the duties of the job" |
| ~ ball-breaker, ball-buster | a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing.; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker" |
| ~ stint | an individual's prescribed share of work.; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her" |
| ~ scut work, shitwork | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores.; "the hospital hired him to do scut work" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. job | a workplace; as in the expression.; "on the job" |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. job | an object worked on; a result produced by working.; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| n. (act) | 5. job | the responsibility to do something.; "it is their job to print the truth" |
| ~ duty, obligation, responsibility | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force.; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty" |
| n. (act) | 6. job | the performance of a piece of work.; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job" |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| n. (act) | 7. job | a damaging piece of work.; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair" |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| n. (state) | 8. job, problem | a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| ~ race problem | a social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions. |
| ~ balance-of-payments problem | an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports. |
| n. (person) | 9. job | a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him. |
| ~ hero | a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain" |
| n. (person) | 10. job | any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing. |
| ~ unfortunate, unfortunate person | a person who suffers misfortune. |
| n. (communication) | 11. job | (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ application program, applications programme, application | a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.; "he has tried several different word processing applications" |
| n. (communication) | 12. book of job, job | a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply. |
| ~ book | a major division of a long written composition.; "the book of Isaiah" |
| ~ old testament | the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ hagiographa, ketubim, writings | the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures. |
| n. (act) | 13. caper, job | a crime (especially a robbery).; "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" |
| ~ robbery | larceny by threat of violence. |
| v. (social) | 14. job | profit privately from public office and official business. |
| ~ chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| v. (social) | 15. farm out, job, subcontract | arranged for contracted work to be done by others. |
| ~ hire, employ, engage | engage or hire for work.; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" |
| v. (social) | 16. job | work occasionally.; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (possession) | 17. job, speculate | invest at a risk.; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" |
| ~ invest, commit, put, place | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ bull | try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying. |
| work | | |
| n. (act) | 1. work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| ~ lavation, washing, wash | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field.; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible" |
| ~ job | a damaging piece of work.; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair" |
| ~ job | the performance of a piece of work.; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job" |
| ~ procedure, operation | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work.; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations" |
| ~ service | work done by one person or group that benefits another.; "budget separately for goods and services" |
| ~ polishing, shining | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it.; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" |
| ~ heavy lifting | difficult work.; "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting" |
| ~ housewifery | the work of a housewife. |
| ~ housekeeping, housework | the work of cleaning and running a house. |
| ~ ironing | the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles. |
| ~ busywork, make-work | active work of little value.; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork" |
| ~ logging | the work of cutting down trees for timber. |
| ~ loose end, unfinished business | work that is left incomplete. |
| ~ nightwork | work to be done at night. |
| ~ paperwork | work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.. |
| ~ social service, welfare work | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society. |
| ~ toil, labor, labour | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| ~ subbing, substituting | working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence. |
| ~ investigating, investigation | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically. |
| ~ care, tending, attention, aid | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something.; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" |
| ~ duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.; "the duties of the job" |
| ~ missionary work, mission | the organized work of a religious missionary. |
| ~ spadework | dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking. |
| ~ timework | work paid for at a rate per unit of time. |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| ~ coursework | work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. piece of work, work | a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing.; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time" |
| ~ follow-up, followup | a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work.; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" |
| ~ handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, handwork | a work produced by hand labor. |
| ~ ironwork | work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc).; "the houses had much ornamental ironwork" |
| ~ lacework | work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric. |
| ~ lacquerware | a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals. |
| ~ leatherwork | work made of leather. |
| ~ chef-d'oeuvre, masterpiece | the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman. |
| ~ metalwork | the metal parts of something.; "there were bullet holes in the metalwork" |
| ~ openwork | ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings. |
| ~ polychrome | a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ silverwork | decorative work made of silver. |
| ~ caning, wickerwork, wicker | work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches). |
| ~ woodwork | work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture. |
| ~ work in progress | a piece of work that is not yet finished. |
| ~ workpiece | work consisting of a piece of metal being machined. |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. study, work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).; "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. work | (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force.; "work equals force times distance" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ energy, free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs.; "energy can take a wide variety of forms" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. work, workplace | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| ~ bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop | a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold. |
| ~ beehive | any workplace where people are very busy. |
| ~ brokerage house, brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business. |
| ~ central, telephone exchange, exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
| ~ colliery, pit | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. |
| ~ creamery | a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold. |
| ~ drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole. |
| ~ exchange | a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members. |
| ~ farm | workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit.; "it takes several people to work the farm" |
| ~ fishery, piscary | a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold. |
| ~ fish farm | a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food. |
| ~ smithy, forge | a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. |
| ~ gasworks | the workplace where coal gas is manufactured. |
| ~ glassworks | a workplace where glass is made. |
| ~ ironworks | the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made. |
| ~ job | a workplace; as in the expression.; "on the job" |
| ~ lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research. |
| ~ laundry | workplace where clothes are washed and ironed. |
| ~ location | a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made.; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" |
| ~ locker room | a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions. |
| ~ lumberyard | a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale. |
| ~ oyster bank, oyster bed, oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown. |
| ~ proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas. |
| ~ rope yard, ropewalk | workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made. |
| ~ roundhouse | workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives. |
| ~ shipyard | a workplace where ships are built or repaired. |
| ~ shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines.; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" |
| ~ studio | workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph" |
| ~ studio | workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded. |
| ~ tannery | workplace where skins and hides are tanned. |
| ~ test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions. |
| ~ waterworks | workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community. |
| ~ workshop, shop | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. body of work, oeuvre, work | the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it).; "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods" |
| ~ end product, output | final product; the things produced. |
| ~ writing | (usually plural) the collected work of an author.; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings" |
| v. (social) | 7. work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ run through, work through, go through | apply thoroughly; think through.; "We worked through an example" |
| ~ mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, tinker, monkey, putter | do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" |
| ~ carpenter | work as a carpenter. |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ clerk | work as a clerk, as in the legal business. |
| ~ page | work as a page.; "He is paging in Congress this summer" |
| ~ waitress, wait | serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" |
| ~ pull one's weight | do one's share in a common task.; "Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness" |
| ~ electioneer | work actively for a political candidate or a party.; "My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign" |
| ~ assist | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function. |
| ~ beaver, beaver away | work hard on something. |
| ~ work at, work on | to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold" |
| ~ keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away, slog | work doggedly or persistently.; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation" |
| ~ busy, occupy | keep busy with.; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
| ~ collaborate, cooperate, join forces, get together | work together on a common enterprise of project.; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" |
| ~ volunteer | do volunteer work. |
| ~ specialise, specialize | devote oneself to a special area of work.; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This baker specializes in French bread" |
| ~ minister | work as a minister.; "She is ministering in an old parish" |
| ~ intern | work as an intern.; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year" |
| ~ skipper | work as the skipper on a vessel. |
| ~ boondoggle | do useless, wasteful, or trivial work. |
| ~ scant, skimp | work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially. |
| ~ whore | work as a prostitute. |
| ~ serve | devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas.; "She served the art of music"; "He served the church"; "serve the country" |
| ~ work | operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" |
| v. (social) | 8. do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ serve | do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function.; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms" |
| ~ bank | be in the banking business. |
| ~ fill, occupy, take | assume, as of positions or roles.; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" |
| ~ put to work, work | cause to work.; "he is working his servants hard" |
| ~ drive | work as a driver.; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark" |
| ~ tinker | work as a tinker or tinkerer. |
| ~ serve | do military service.; "She served in Vietnam"; "My sons never served, because they are short-sighted" |
| ~ blackleg, fink, scab, rat | take the place of work of someone on strike. |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ drudge, labour, moil, toil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grind | work hard.; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
| ~ farm | be a farmer; work as a farmer.; "My son is farming in California" |
| ~ moonlight | work a second job, usually after hours.; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver" |
| ~ job | work occasionally.; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" |
| ~ man | take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place.; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" |
| ~ break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave | work very hard, like a slave. |
| ~ subcontract | work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract. |
| ~ turn a trick | have a customer, of a prostitute. |
| ~ freelance | work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer. |
| ~ work | operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" |
| v. (social) | 9. act, work | have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected.; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" |
| ~ make for, wreak, bring, work, play | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (contact) | 10. function, go, operate, run, work | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| ~ double | do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions.; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
| ~ roll | begin operating or running.; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
| ~ run | be operating, running or functioning.; "The car is still running--turn it off!" |
| ~ run | be operating, running or functioning.; "The car is still running--turn it off!" |
| ~ cut | function as a cutting instrument.; "This knife cuts well" |
| ~ work | operate in or through.; "Work the phones" |
| ~ service, serve | be used by; as of a utility.; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" |
| v. (creation) | 11. process, work, work on | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature.; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ hot-work | roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot. |
| ~ cold work, coldwork | shape (metal) without heat. |
| ~ overwork | use too much.; "This play has been overworked" |
| ~ make over, retread, rework | use again in altered form.; "retread an old plot" |
| ~ rack | work on a rack.; "rack leather" |
| ~ tool | work with a tool. |
| ~ till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil" |
| v. (body) | 12. exercise, work, work out | give a workout to.; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ warm up | cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles.; "The coach warmed up the players before the game" |
| ~ put to work, work | cause to work.; "he is working his servants hard" |
| v. (motion) | 13. make, work | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ jostle | make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving.; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ bushwhack | cut one's way through the woods or bush. |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| v. (social) | 14. work | operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| v. (social) | 15. work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ go, proceed, move | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| v. (motion) | 16. work | move in an agitated manner.; "His fingers worked with tension" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (creation) | 17. bring, make for, play, work, wreak | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ work, act | have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected.; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" |
| v. (social) | 18. put to work, work | cause to work.; "he is working his servants hard" |
| ~ exercise, work, work out | give a workout to.; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" |
| ~ warm up | cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles.; "The coach warmed up the players before the game" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ cybernate, computerise, computerize | control a function, process, or creation by a computer.; "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory" |
| ~ rack | put on a rack and pinion.; "rack a camera" |
| ~ overwork, exploit | work excessively hard.; "he is exploiting the students" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (creation) | 19. crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| ~ knead, work | make uniform.; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" |
| ~ overcrop, overcultivate | to exhaust by excessive cultivation.; "the farmers overcropped the land" |
| v. (stative) | 20. work | behave in a certain way when handled.; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well" |
| ~ knead, work | make uniform.; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 21. act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ prejudice, prepossess | influence (somebody's) opinion in advance. |
| ~ imprint, form | establish or impress firmly in the mind.; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" |
| ~ militate | have force or influence; bring about an effect or change.; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed" |
| ~ manipulate, pull strings, pull wires | influence or control shrewdly or deviously.; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor" |
| ~ colour, color | modify or bias.; "His political ideas color his lectures" |
| ~ swing over, swing | influence decisively.; "This action swung many votes over to his side" |
| ~ blackjack, blackmail, pressure | exert pressure on someone through threats. |
| ~ persuade, sway, carry | win approval or support for.; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" |
| ~ get at | influence by corruption. |
| ~ fix | influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.; "fix a race" |
| ~ dominate | be in control.; "Her husband completely dominates her" |
| v. (social) | 22. work | operate in or through.; "Work the phones" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| ~ work | cause to operate or function.; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" |
| ~ operate, run | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" |
| v. (social) | 23. work | cause to operate or function.; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ work | operate in or through.; "Work the phones" |
| v. (perception) | 24. work | provoke or excite.; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" |
| ~ exploit, work | use or manipulate to one's advantage.; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" |
| ~ work | gratify and charm, usually in order to influence.; "the political candidate worked the crowds" |
| ~ excite, stir, stimulate | stir feelings in.; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
| v. (emotion) | 25. work | gratify and charm, usually in order to influence.; "the political candidate worked the crowds" |
| ~ bewitch, captivate, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, trance, becharm, beguile, capture, enchant, fascinate, catch | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ work | provoke or excite.; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" |
| v. (creation) | 26. forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ swage, upset | form metals with a swage. |
| ~ chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ layer | make or form a layer.; "layer the different colored sands" |
| ~ cut out | form and create by cutting out.; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" |
| ~ machine | turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery. |
| ~ grind | shape or form by grinding.; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" |
| ~ stamp | form or cut out with a mold, form, or die.; "stamp needles" |
| ~ puddle | subject to puddling or form by puddling.; "puddle iron" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ preform | form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand. |
| ~ preform | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one. |
| ~ mound | form into a rounded elevation.; "mound earth" |
| ~ hill | form into a hill. |
| ~ roughcast | shape roughly. |
| ~ remold, reshape | shape again or shape differently. |
| ~ sinter | cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting. |
| ~ mould, mold, cast | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| ~ throw | make on a potter's wheel.; "she threw a beautiful teapot" |
| ~ hand-build, handbuild, coil | make without a potter's wheel.; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| ~ mold, mould, model | form in clay, wax, etc.; "model a head with clay" |
| v. (contact) | 27. work | move into or onto.; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" |
| ~ stir | mix or add by stirring.; "Stir nuts into the dough" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 28. knead, work | make uniform.; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ proof | knead to reach proper lightness.; "proof dough" |
| ~ masticate | grind and knead.; "masticate rubber" |
| ~ crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ work | behave in a certain way when handled.; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well" |
| v. (consumption) | 29. exploit, work | use or manipulate to one's advantage.; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ make hay | turn to one's advantage.; "The environmentalist lobby made hay of the nuclear plant accident" |
| ~ play | use to one's advantage.; "She plays on her clients' emotions" |
| ~ avail, help | take or use.; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" |
| ~ prey, feed | profit from in an exploitatory manner.; "He feeds on her insecurity" |
| ~ work | provoke or excite.; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" |
| ~ use | seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections" |
| v. (cognition) | 30. figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ answer, resolve | understand the meaning of.; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" |
| ~ riddle | explain a riddle. |
| ~ strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain" |
| ~ guess, infer | guess correctly; solve by guessing.; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" |
| ~ answer | give the correct answer or solution to.; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" |
| ~ break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| v. (change) | 31. ferment, work | cause to undergo fermentation.; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| ~ sour, ferment, turn, work | go sour or spoil.; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" |
| ~ sour, ferment, turn, work | go sour or spoil.; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" |
| ~ vinify | convert a juice into wine by fermentation.; "vinify grape juice" |
| v. (change) | 32. ferment, sour, turn, work | go sour or spoil.; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ ferment, work | cause to undergo fermentation.; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" |
| v. (change) | 33. work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion.; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" |
| ~ become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| labour | | |
| n. (group) | 1. labor, labour, proletariat, working class | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| ~ labor force, labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired. |
| ~ lumpenproletariat | (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement. |
| ~ organized labor | employees who are represented by a labor union. |
| ~ prole, proletarian, worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed).; "workers of the world--unite!" |
| n. (state) | 2. childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.; "she was in labor for six hours" |
| ~ uterine contraction | a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal. |
| ~ effacement | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. |
| ~ birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth | the process of giving birth. |
| ~ maternity, pregnancy, gestation | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. |
| ~ premature labor, premature labour | labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation. |
| ~ asynclitism, obliquity | the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle. |
| n. (group) | 3. british labour party, labor, labour, labour party | a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries. |
| ~ labor party, labour party | a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people. |
| ~ labourite | a member of the British Labour Party. |
| n. (act) | 4. labor, labour, toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| ~ roping | capturing cattle or horses with a lasso. |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| ~ corvee | unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes. |
| ~ donkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind | hard monotonous routine work. |
| ~ elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| ~ hunting, hunt | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts. |
| ~ hackwork | professional work done according to formula. |
| ~ haymaking | cutting grass and curing it to make hay. |
| ~ manual labor, manual labour | labor done with the hands. |
| ~ overwork, overworking | the act of working too much or too long.; "he became ill from overwork" |
| ~ slavery | work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay. |
| v. (social) | 5. dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail | work hard.; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (social) | 6. drive, labor, labour, push, tug | strive and make an effort to reach a goal.; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" |
| ~ push, bear on | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" |
| ~ strain, strive, reach | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" |
| ~ struggle, fight | make a strenuous or labored effort.; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" |
| v. (body) | 7. labor, labour | undergo the efforts of childbirth. |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
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