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works

/wɜːks/ /wɝks/

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(heading) Employment.

Examples :

"The factory's works provided many jobs for the townspeople. "

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(heading) Effort.

Examples :

"The student's final grade reflected all her hard works throughout the semester. "

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Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

Examples :

"The student's works towards earning a scholarship, including late nights studying and volunteering, finally paid off. "

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(heading) Product; the result of effort.

Examples :

"The student proudly displayed their works of art at the school fair. "

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The staging of events to appear as real.

Examples :

"The magician's show was filled with impressive works that fooled the audience into believing the impossible. "

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Ore before it is dressed.

Examples :

"Before the gold is separated, the miner must first process the works to remove the unwanted rock. "

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The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Examples :

"The police found drug works in the abandoned building. "

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To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Examples :

"He’s working in a bar."

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To effect by gradual degrees.

Examples :

"he worked his way through the crowd"

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To embroider with thread.

Examples :

"My grandmother works beautiful flowers onto her linen napkins. "

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To set into action.

Examples :

"He worked the levers."

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To cause to ferment.

Examples :

"My grandmother works the grape juice with yeast to make wine. "

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Examples :

"The grape juice works in the large container, slowly turning into wine. "

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To exhaust, by working.

Examples :

"The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."

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To shape, form, or improve a material.

Examples :

"He used pliers to work the wire into shape."

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To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Examples :

"she works the night clubs"

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To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

Examples :

"The telemarketer works the phones all day, calling potential customers. "

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To provoke or excite; to influence.

Examples :

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

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To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Examples :

"She knows how to work the system."

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To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Examples :

"I cannot work a miracle."

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To cause to work.

Examples :

"He is working his servants hard."

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To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Examples :

"he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work"

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Examples :

"They worked on her to join the group."

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To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

Examples :

"The gardener slowly worked the soil into the flowerbeds. "

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To move in an agitated manner.

Examples :

"A ship works in a heavy sea."

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To behave in a certain way when handled

Examples :

"this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well"

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(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Examples :

"The praise from his teacher works wonders for his confidence. "

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To hurt; to ache.

Examples :

"My head works after staring at the computer screen all day. "

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A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.

Examples :

"A stray wrench can really gum up the works."

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A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

Examples :

"The steel works almost fills the valley."

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(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

Examples :

"The works on the pizza were plentiful – pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, and olives. "

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(with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

Examples :

"After repeated mistakes and warnings, John feared the works were coming; his boss scheduled a meeting with HR. "

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