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  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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  Working \Work"ing\,
     a & n. from Work.
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           The word must cousin be to the working.  --Chaucer.
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     Working beam. See Beam, n. 10.
  
     Working class, the class of people who are engaged in
        manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support;
        laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  
     Working day. See under Day, n.
  
     Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a
        structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to
        be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either
        general or detail drawings.
  
     Working house, a house where work is performed; a
        workhouse.
  
     Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the
        effect required; the point where the useful work is done.
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  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.

  Working \Work"ing\,
     a & n. from Work.
  
           The word must cousin be to the working.  --Chaucer.
  
     Working beam. See Beam, n. 10.
  
     Working class, the class of people who are engaged in
        manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support;
        laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  
     Working day. See under Day, n.
  
     Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a
        structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to
        be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either
        general or detail drawings.
  
     Working house, a house where work is performed; a
        workhouse.
  
     Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the
        effect required; the point where the useful work is done.

  working
       adj 1: actively engaged in paid work; "the working population";
              "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working
              mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night"
              [syn: working(a), on the job(p)]
       2: adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in
          strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party
          has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge
          of Spanish"
       3: adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working
          draft"; "a working hypothesis" [syn: working(a)]
       4: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in
          running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
          [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)]
       5: serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity;
          "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they
          need working agreements with their neighbor states on
          interstate projects"
       n : a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked [syn: workings]

  working
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 για κάτι που λειτουργώ, δουλεύω σωστά
     2 που σχετίζεται με την εργασία, εργαζόμενος
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 πράξη, ενέργεια
     2 λειτουργία, μέθοδος

  working
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) operation; action.
     2 method of operation.
     3 (lb en arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations
  performed in solving an overall problem.
     4 fermentation.
     5 (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
     6 A place where work is carried on.
     7 (lb en countable) A train movement.
     a.
     1 That is or are functioning.
     2 That suffices but requires additional work.
     3 In paid employment.
     4 Of or relating to employment.
     5 Enough to allow one to use something.
     6 Used in real life; practical.
     7 (lb en obsolete) efficacious.
     vb.
     (present participle of en work nocat=1)

  working
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) operation; action.
     2 method of operation.
     3 (lb en arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations
  performed in solving an overall problem.
     4 fermentation.
     5 (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
     6 A place where work is carried on.
     7 (lb en countable) A train movement.
     a.
     1 That is or are functioning.
     2 That suffices but requires additional work.
     3 In paid employment.
     4 Of or relating to employment.
     5 Enough to allow one to use something.
     6 Used in real life; practical.
     7 (lb en obsolete) efficacious.
     vb.
     (present participle of en work nocat=1)

  working
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) operation; action.
     2 method of operation.
     3 (lb en arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations
  performed in solving an overall problem.
     4 fermentation.
     5 (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
     6 A place where work is carried on.
     7 (lb en countable) A train movement.
     a.
     1 That is or are functioning.
     2 That suffices but requires additional work.
     3 In paid employment.
     4 Of or relating to employment.
     5 Enough to allow one to use something.
     6 Used in real life; practical.
     7 (lb en obsolete) efficacious.
     vb.
     (present participle of en work nocat=1)

  working
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) operation; action.
     2 method of operation.
     3 (lb en arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations
  performed in solving an overall problem.
     4 fermentation.
     5 (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
     6 A place where work is carried on.
     7 (lb en countable) A train movement.
     a.
     1 That is or are functioning.
     2 That suffices but requires additional work.
     3 In paid employment.
     4 Of or relating to employment.
     5 Enough to allow one to use something.
     6 Used in real life; practical.
     7 (lb en obsolete) efficacious.
     vb.
     (present participle of en work nocat=1)

  working
     Englanti a.
     1 työskentelevä, työssä käyvä; työ-
     2 toimiva
     Englanti n.
     1 toimiminen
     2 työskenteleminen, työn tekeminen
     3 työstäminen, muokkaaminen
     4 laskeminen, ratkaiseminen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm w ork ing)

  working
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en work ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb work)

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  bedryfskapitaal

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  werkersklas

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  werkersklas

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  arbeider, werker

  Working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  العمل

  working //ˈwɜːkɪŋ// //ˈwɝkɪŋ// 
  1. работещ
  functioning
  2. работнически
  of or relating to employment
  3. работен
  suffices but requires additional work

  working //ˈwɜːkɪŋ// //ˈwɝkɪŋ// 
  действие, функциониране
  operation; action

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ 
  činnost

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  provozní

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  v provozu

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  chod

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ 
  pracující

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ 
  pracovní

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  fungování

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ 
  pracování

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  Bergwerksbetrieb , Verhieb  [min.]
     Synonyms: mining, winning
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  arbeitend
        "be working on sth."  - an etw. arbeiten
        "Tom is working on the completion of his seminar paper."  - Tom arbeitet an der Fertigstellung seiner Seminararbeit.
   see: work, worked, I work, you work
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  arbeitend, Arbeits…

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  berufstätig 
     Synonym: employed
  
   see: working woman, women at work, working women, working wife, working mother
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  funktionsfähig, instand 
     Synonym: in working order
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  klappend, funktionierend, gelingens, klappend
        "The system is working out well."  - Das System hat sich gut eingespielt/bewährt.
     Synonyms: working out, going smoothly, going right
  
   see: work, work out, go smoothly, go right, worked, worked out, gone smoothly, gone 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.
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  werktätig 
   see: be working, work
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  wirkend, funktionierend, verfangend
   see: work with sb., worked
  

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  Verhau 
     Synonyms: cutting, hewing, getting, breaking of ground
  

  working //ˈwɜːkɪŋ// //ˈwɝkɪŋ// 
  1. riittävä
  enough to allow one to use something
  2. toimiva
  functioning
  3. työssäkäyvä, työtätekevä
  in paid employment
  4. työ
  of or relating to employment
  5. keskeneräinen, työ
  suffices but requires additional work

  working //ˈwɜːkɪŋ// //ˈwɝkɪŋ// 
  1. rehevöityminen
  becoming full of a vegetable substance
  2. käyminen
  fermentation
  3. toimintatapa, työskentelytapa
  method of operation
  4. toimiminen, työ, työn tekeminen, työskenteleminen
  operation; action

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  djelovanje, djelovati, obrada, pogon, prerađivanje, proces, rad, rada, radi, radilište, radio, radni, radnih, radnim, radnog, radnu

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  1. mûködés
  2. megmunkálás

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  operaio

  working /wɜːrkıŋ/
  1. dirbantis, veikiantis, darbinis
  2. (ap)dirbimas, eksploatacija

  working /ˈwɜ:kɪŋ/
  I.   1.  pracujący
   2.  a. roboczy
   b.
        "working hours"  - godziny pracy
   3.  praktyczny
  II.   workings /wˈɜːkɪŋz/  działania
  III.  working class /ˌwɜ:kɪŋ ˈklɑ:s/   klasa robotnicza
  IV.  working day /ˌwɜ:kɪŋ ˈdeɪ/  [zwł. BR]   dzień roboczy

  working /wəːkiŋmein/
  obrero, trabajador

  working /wəːkiŋmein/
  радник

  working //ˈwɜːkɪŋ// //ˈwɝkɪŋ// 
  fungerande
  functioning

  working /wˈɜːkɪŋ/
  1. çalışan
  2. çalışmaya ait, işe ait, işe gelir
  3. çalışır vaziyetteki
  4. mayalanan, köpüren
  5. seyiren
  6. çalışma
  7. (çoğ.) maden ocağında çalışma yapılan yerler. working capital döner sermaye
  8. net cari aktif.working class işçi sınıfı. working conditions çalışma şartları. working day iş günü. working drawing mühendislikte çalışmalara kolaylık olmak üzere çizilmiş kısmi bina veya makina planı. working hours iş saatleri. working papers eşit olmayan kimseye verilen çalışma izni belgeleri. working substance, working fluid (mak.) islim gibi makina çalıştıran sıvı. working surface çalışma yüzeyi.

  
/ˈwɝkɪŋ/

  188 Moby Thesaurus words for "working":
     accomplishment, acetification, acidification, acidulation, act,
     acting, action, active, activism, activity, agency, alive,
     alkalization, answer, ascertainment, at it, at work, banausic,
     barmy, behavior, behavioral, breadwinning, businesslike, busy,
     carbonation, catalysis, chemicalization, clearing up, commercial,
     conduct, contour plowing, cracking, cultivating, cultivation,
     culture, decipherment, decoding, denouement, determination,
     diastatic, direction, disentanglement, doing, dressing, driving,
     drudging, dynamic, electrolysis, employed, employment, end,
     end result, engaged, enzymic, execution, exercise, explanation,
     exploitation, fallowing, ferment, fermentation, fermenting,
     finding, finding-out, full of business, function, functional,
     functioning, furrowing, going, going on, grinding, grubbing,
     handling, hard at it, hard at work, hardworking, harrowing, hoeing,
     hydrogenation, in exercise, in force, in hand, in harness,
     in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the works,
     inaction, interpretation, isomerism, issue, laboring, leavening,
     listing, live, management, manipulation, materialistic, metamerism,
     metamerization, moneymaking, movements, nitration, occupation,
     occupied, on duty, on foot, on the fire, on the go, on the hop,
     on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the run, ongoing,
     operancy, operating, operation, operational, operations, operative,
     outcome, oxidation, oxidization, pegging, performance, performing,
     phosphatization, play, plodding, plowing, plugging, polymerism,
     polymerization, position isomerism, practical, practice,
     practicing, praxis, prosaic, pruning, raising, realistic, reason,
     reduction, resolution, resolving, responsibility, result, riddling,
     running, saturization, serving, slaving, slogging, solution,
     solving, sorting out, steering, straining, striving, struggling,
     sweating, swing, thinning, tied up, tilling, toiling, unraveling,
     unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting,
     unweaving, upshot, using, utilitarian, utilization, weeding, work,
     workaday, workday, working-out, workings, yeasty
  
  

  n. 工作,作用,劳动;
  a. 工作的,劳动的;
  vbl. 工作;

     n. 工作,作用,劳动
     a. 工作的,劳动的,经营的,施工用的,抽搐的,运转的