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To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
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He’s working in a bar.
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To effect by gradual degrees.
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he worked his way through the crowd
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To embroider with thread.
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To set into action.
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He worked the levers.
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To cause to ferment.
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To ferment.
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To exhaust, by working.
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The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
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To shape, form, or improve a material.
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He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
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To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
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she works the night clubs
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To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
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To provoke or excite; to influence.
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The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
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To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
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She knows how to work the system.
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To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
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I cannot work a miracle.
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To cause to work.
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He is working his servants hard.
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To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
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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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To influence.
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They worked on her to join the group.
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To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
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To move in an agitated manner.
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A ship works in a heavy sea.
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To behave in a certain way when handled
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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).
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To hurt; to ache.