transitive. To rub smooth, reduce the surface of, with a file. to file (one's) teeth: (figurative) to render harmless. to file in (or †a) two: to…

Beside the expressions to blow with bellows, and the bellows blow (see 2), one is said to blow the bellows, i.e. to work them so as to make them blow.

intransitive. To work a pump (in early use a ship's pump); to raise or move water or other fluid by means of a pump.

intransitive. To employ or apply a vice. rare.

intransitive. To use or work with a plane or planing machine. Also with away.

intransitive. To use a shovel.

transitive. To shape (wood, metal, etc., or an artefact), esp. into a rounded form, by rotating it in a lathe against a cutting tool; to form, work…

intransitive. To attend to a winding engine.

intransitive. To use or work with a pestle.

absol. To work with a chisel.

intransitive. To be shaped, smoothed, or flattened as a result of having pressure applied by a roller or rollers. Frequently with out.

To use a slice or fire-shovel.

transitive and intransitive. To lever; spec. to speculate or cause to speculate financially on borrowed capital expecting profits made to be greater…

intransitive. To use a monkey wrench. rare.