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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Worked (w[^u]rkt),
or Wrought (r[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Working.] [AS.
wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin
to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken,
Icel. verka, yrkja, orka, Goth. wa['u]rkjan. [root]145. See
Work, n.]
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1. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for
the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in
the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
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O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work,
To match thy goodness? --Shak.
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Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw
be given you. --Ex. v. 18.
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Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake,
Our life doth pass. --Sir J.
Davies.
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2. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform;
as, a machine works well.
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We bend to that the working of the heart. --Shak.
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3. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or
influence; to conduce.
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We know that all things work together for good to
them that love God. --Rom. viii.
28.
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This so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he
desired to be taught. --Locke.
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She marveled how she could ever have been wrought
upon to marry him. --Hawthorne.
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4. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed
customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor;
to toil.
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They that work in fine flax . . . shall be
confounded. --Isa. xix. 9.
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5. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a
state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to
strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
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Confused with working sands and rolling waves.
--Addison.
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6. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or
penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a
following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through,
and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work
into the earth.
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Till body up to spirit work, in bounds
Proportioned to each kind. --Milton.
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7. To ferment, as a liquid.
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The working of beer when the barm is put in.
--Bacon.
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8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a
cathartic.
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Purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so
to do, . . . in warm weather or in a warm room.
--Grew.
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To work at, to be engaged in or upon; to be employed in.
To work to windward (Naut.), to sail or ply against the
wind; to tack to windward. --Mar. Dict.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Work \Work\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Worked, or Wrought; p. pr.
& vb. n. Working.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p.
geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian,
D. werken, G. wirken, Icel. verka, yrkja, orka, Goth.
wa['u]rkjan. [root]145. See Work, n.]
1. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for
the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in
the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work, To
match thy goodness? --Shak.
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw
be given you. --Ex. v. 18.
Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake, Our life
doth pass. --Sir J.
Davies.
2. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform;
as, a machine works well.
We bend to that the working of the heart. --Shak.
3. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or
influence; to conduce.
We know that all things work together for good to
them that love God. --Rom. viii.
28.
This so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he
desired to be taught. --Locke.
She marveled how she could ever have been wrought
upon to marry him. --Hawthorne.
4. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed
customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor;
to toil.
They that work in fine flax . . . shall be
confounded. --Isa. xix. 9.
5. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a
state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to
strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
Confused with working sands and rolling waves.
--Addison.
6. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or
penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a
following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through,
and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work
into the earth.
Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportioned
to each kind. --Milton.
7. To ferment, as a liquid.
The working of beer when the barm is put in.
--Bacon.
8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a
cathartic.
Purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so
to do, . . . in warm weather or in a warm room.
--Grew.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
worked
a.
designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular
degree.
vb.
(infl of en work ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
worked
a.
designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular
degree.
vb.
(infl of en work ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
worked
a.
designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular
degree.
vb.
(infl of en work ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
worked
a.
designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular
degree.
vb.
(infl of en work ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
worked
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm w ork ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
worked
Engelska a.
(avledning en work ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb work)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Worked /wˈɜːkt/
عمل
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
pracoval
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
zpracovaný
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
zpracovaný
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
work /wˈɜːk/ (work /wˈɜːk/ <>, [archaic] wrought /ɹˈɔːt/ <>, worked /wˈɜːkt/ <>, [archaic] wrought /ɹˈɔːt/ <>)
arbeiten
"he/she works" - er/sie arbeitet
"I/he/she worked" - ich/er/sie arbeitete
"he/she has/had worked" - er/sie hat/hatte gearbeitet
"work on sth." - an etw. arbeiten
"be working on sth." - an etw. arbeiten
"work for a company" - für eine Firma arbeiten
"work with a firm" - bei einer Firma arbeiten
"work in the kitchen" - in der Küche arbeiten
"work as teacher" - als Lehrer arbeiten
"work with one's hands" - mit seinen Händen arbeiten
"work yourself to death" - sich zu Tode arbeiten
"work to rule" - gemäß den Vorschriften arbeiten
"I work for / in a travel agency." - Ich arbeite bei einem / für ein Reisebüro.
"I work as a teacher." - Ich arbeite als Lehrer.
"I am free from work today." - Ich arbeite heute nicht., Ich habe heute arbeitsfrei.
"Tom is working on the completion of his seminar paper." - Tom arbeitet an der Fertigstellung seiner Seminararbeit.
see: working, worked, I work, you work
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
gearbeitet
"I/he/she worked" - ich/er/sie arbeitete
"he/she has/had worked" - er/sie hat/hatte gearbeitet
see: work, working, I work, you work
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
geklappt, funktioniert, gelingt, klappt
"it worked out" - es klappte
"Things haven't worked out as he had hoped / as he would have liked them / as planned." - Seine/Die Rechnung ist nicht aufgegangen.
Synonyms: worked out, gone smoothly, gone right
see: work, work out, go smoothly, go right, working, working out, going smoothly, going right, it works, it goes smoothly, it worked, it went smoothly, OK, that's fine., Did you get the flight all right?, It was all right in the end.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
gewirkt, funktioniert, verfangen
see: work with sb., working
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
worked /wˈɜːkt/
djelovao, djeluje
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈwɝkt/
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