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work

work - noun

Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, toil, travail. Informal sweat. Chiefly British fag. See work.
Activity pursued as a livelihood: art, business, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation. Slang racket. Archaic employ. See action.
Something done: act, action, deed, doing, thing. See do.
Something that is the result of creative effort: composition, opus, piece, production. See make.
An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution: opus, publication, title, volume. See words.
A building or complex in which an industry is located. factory, mill, plant. See make. place.
The technique, style, and quality of working: craftsmanship, workmanship. See work.
An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back. aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, total, totality, whole. See part.

To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, moil, strain, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug. See work.
To perform a function effectively: function, go, operate, run, take. See thrive.
To react in a specified way: act, behave, function, operate, perform. See action.
To turn out well: come off, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out. Slang click. See thrive.
To control or direct the functioning of: manage, operate, run, use. See control.
To arrive at an answer to (a mathematical problem): solve, work out. Informal figure out. See reason.
To handle in a way so as to mix, form, and shape: knead, manipulate. See touch.
To introduce gradually and slyly: edge, foist, infiltrate, insinuate, wind, worm. See enter.
To prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops: cultivate, culture, dress, tend, till. See prepared. touch.
To force to work: drive, task, tax. See work.

To arrive at an answer to (a mathematical problem): solve, work. Informal figure out. See reason.
To plan the details or arrangements of: arrange, lay out, prepare, schedule. See planned.
To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize. Informal dope out. See planned.
To turn out well: come off, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work. Slang click. See thrive.
To subject to or engage in forms of exertion in order to train, strengthen, or condition: drill, exercise, practice, train. See work.