works
wurks
- n buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- n everything available; usually preceded by `the'
a hotdog with the works - n performance of moral or religious acts
the reward for good works - n the internal mechanism of a device
- n activity directed toward making or doing something
- n 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 - n the occupation for which you are paid
- n applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- n (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
- n a place where work is done
- n the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- v exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- v be employed
She works as a waitress to put herself through college - v have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water - v perform as expected when applied
- v shape, form, or improve a material
- v give a workout to
My personal trainer works me hard - v proceed along a path
- v 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 proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- v move in an agitated manner
- v cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- v cause to work
- v prepare for crops
- v behave in a certain way when handled
The soft metal works well - v have and exert influence or effect
- v operate in or through
- v cause to operate or function
This pilot works the controls - v provoke or excite
- v gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- v make something, usually for a specific function
- v move into or onto
- v make uniform
- v use or manipulate to one's advantage
he works his parents for sympathy - v find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- v cause to undergo fermentation
- v go sour or spoil
- v arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- While I agree that many of the very minor works that PTI referred to are beside the point, these are not feminist works.
- It is the original owners who are entitled to the disputed works, which is up to the Committee to determine.
- Did the Nazis target specific works, or was it more about grabbing whatever they could? There were definitely works of art they were determined to steal.