works
/wɜːks//wɝks/noun
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(heading) Employment.
(heading) Effort.
Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
Example: We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
(heading) Product; the result of effort.
verb
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To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
Example: He’s working in a bar.
To effect by gradual degrees.
Example: he worked his way through the crowd
To embroider with thread.
To set into action.
Example: He worked the levers.
noun
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A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
Example: A stray wrench can really gum up the works.
A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
Example: The steel works almost fills the valley.
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
Example: I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
(with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).