Definition of "work" in Anglais

noun

(uncountable) Employment.
(uncountable) Effort.
Product; the result of effort.
(uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
(mining) Ore before it is dressed.
(slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Tell me you're using clean works at least.
(LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.

verb

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- He's working in a bar.
(intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- 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.
(transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
(intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty.
- to work into the earth
(transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.
(transitive) To embroider with thread.
(intransitive) To ferment.
(transitive) To cause to ferment.
(intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- They worked on her to join the group.
(intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- His fingers worked with tension.
- A ship works in a heavy sea.
(intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- This dough does not work easily.
- The soft metal works well.
(ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
(obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
(slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is working it like nobody's business.
(LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.