work
work · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
Activity involving mental or physical effort done to achieve a purpose or result.
- 2.
A person's occupation or employment.
- 3.
A place where someone works.
- 4.
Something produced as the result of effort; a creation.
- 5.
(Physics) The transfer of energy by a force acting on an object.
- 6.
To be engaged in physical or mental activity to achieve a result.
- 7.
To function or operate.
- 8.
To have the desired effect.
Forms
plural: works
Related words
Etymology
From Old English "weorc" meaning "something done, deed, action," from Proto-Germanic "werkan," from Proto-Indo-European "werg-" meaning "to do." Related to Greek "ergon" (work) and German "Werk."