catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  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]