Definition of work

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• work is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• work is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• work is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of work

• make uniform (verb)

  Examples

  1. work the clay until it is soft

  Synonyms

  1. knead
• perform as expected when applied (verb)

  Examples

  1. This old radio doesn't work anymore

  Synonyms

  1. function
  2. go
  3. operate
  4. run
• be employed (verb)

  Examples

  1. Is your husband working again?
  2. My wife never worked
  3. Do you want to work after the age of 60?
  4. She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money
  5. She works as a waitress to put herself through college

  Synonyms

  1. do work
• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (noun)

  Examples

  1. mastering a second language requires a lot of work

  Synonyms

  1. study
• have and exert influence or effect (verb)

  Examples

  1. The artist's work influenced the young painter
  2. She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

  Synonyms

  1. act upon
  2. influence
• make something, usually for a specific function (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. forge
  2. form
  3. mold
  4. mould
  5. shape
• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence (verb)

  Examples

  1. I cannot work a miracle

  Synonyms

  1. bring
  2. make for
  3. play
  4. wreak
• the occupation for which you are paid (noun)

  Examples

  1. a lot of people are out of work

  Synonyms

  1. employment
• cause to work (verb)

  Examples

  1. he is working his servants hard

  Synonyms

  1. put to work
• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb)

  Examples

  1. this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
  2. He could not work the math problem

  Synonyms

  1. figure out
  2. lick
  3. puzzle out
  4. solve
  5. work out
• a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun)

  Examples

  1. it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
  2. the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
  3. he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
  4. the work of an active imagination
  5. erosion is the work of wind or water over time

  Synonyms

  1. piece of work
• have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb)

  Examples

  1. The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought
  2. How does your idea work in practice?
  3. This method doesn't work
  4. The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water

  Synonyms

  1. act
• use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb)

  Examples

  1. She knows how to work the system
  2. he works his parents for sympathy

  Synonyms

  1. exploit
• proceed along a path (verb)

  Examples

  1. work one's way through the crowd

  Synonyms

  1. make
• prepare for crops (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. crop
  2. cultivate
• shape, form, or improve a material (verb)

  Examples

  1. work stone into tools
  2. work the metal

  Synonyms

  1. process
  2. work on
• a place where work is done (noun)

  Examples

  1. he arrived at work early today

  Synonyms

  1. workplace
• cause to undergo fermentation (verb)

  Examples

  1. The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats

  Synonyms

  1. ferment
• the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) (noun)

  Examples

  1. Picasso's work can be divided into periods

  Synonyms

  1. body of work
  2. oeuvre
• give a workout to (verb)

  Examples

  1. My personal trainer works me hard
  2. work one's muscles

  Synonyms

  1. exercise
  2. work out
• go sour or spoil (verb)

  Examples

  1. The wine worked

  Synonyms

  1. ferment
  2. sour
  3. turn
• activity directed toward making or doing something (noun)

  Examples

  1. she checked several points needing further work
• arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times
• behave in a certain way when handled (verb)

  Examples

  1. This dough does not work easily
  2. The soft metal works well
• cause to operate or function (verb)

  Examples

  1. This pilot works the controls
  2. Can you work an electric drill?
• exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb)

  Examples

  1. I will work hard to improve my grades
  2. she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor
• gratify and charm, usually in order to influence (verb)

  Examples

  1. the political candidate worked the crowds
• move in an agitated manner (verb)

  Examples

  1. His fingers worked with tension
• move into or onto (verb)

  Examples

  1. work the raisins into the dough
  2. the student worked a few jokes into his presentation
  3. work the body onto the flatbed truck
• operate in a certain place, area, or specialty (verb)

  Examples

  1. She works the night clubs
  2. The salesman works the Midwest
  3. This artist works mostly in acrylics
• operate in or through (verb)
• (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 (noun)

  Examples

  1. work equals force times distance
• proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity (verb)

  Examples

  1. work your way through every problem or task
  2. She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived
  3. Start from the bottom and work towards the top
• provoke or excite (verb)

  Examples

  1. The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy

See definition of work in Merriam Webster