physical or mental effort directed towards doing or making something

paid employment at a job or a trade, occupation, or profession

a duty, task, or undertaking

something done, made, etc, as a result of effort or exertion

materials or tasks on which to expend effort or exertion

the place, office, etc, where a person is employed

any piece of material that is undergoing a manufacturing operation or process; workpiece

an engineering structure such as a bridge, building, etc

plastic surgery performed for cosmetic reasons

the transfer of energy expressed as the product of a force and the distance throughwhich its point of application moves in the direction of the force

a structure, wall, etc, built or used as part of a fortification system

of, relating to, or used for work

to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something

to be employed

to carry on operations, activity, etc, in (a place or area)

to cause to labour or toil

to operate or cause to operate, esp properly or effectively

to till or cultivate (land)

to handle or manipulate or be handled or manipulated

to shape, form, or process or be shaped, formed, or processed

to reach or cause to reach a specific condition, esp gradually

to solve (a mathematical problem)

to move in agitation

to provoke or arouse

to effect or accomplish

to make (one's way) with effort

to make or decorate by hand in embroidery, tapestry, etc

(of a mechanism) to move in a loose or otherwise imperfect fashion

(of liquids) to ferment, as in brewing

to manipulate or exploit to one's own advantage

to cheat or swindle