Idioms for work
Origin of work
before 900; (noun) Middle English
worke, Old English
worc, replacing Middle English
werk(e), Old English
weorc, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon
werk, Old High German
werah, werc (German
Werk), Old Norse
verk, Greek
érgon; (v.) Middle English
worken, derivative of the noun, replacing Middle English
wyrchen, Old English
wyrcean; cognate with German
wirken, Old Norse
verkja, Gothic
waurkjan
SYNONYMS FOR work
1
Work,
drudgery,
labor,
toil refer to exertion of body or mind in performing or accomplishing something.
Work is the general word and may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard:
fun work; heavy work.
Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind:
the drudgery of household tasks.
Labor particularly denotes hard manual work:
labor on a farm, in a steel mill.
Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor:
toil that breaks down the worker's health.
5 enterprise, project, job, responsibility.
2 industry, occupation, business.
3 job, trade, calling, vocation, profession.
7 product, achievement, feat.
16 toil, drudge.
28 operate, manipulate, handle.
29 accomplish, effect, produce, achieve.
34 finish, form, shape.
38 move.
OTHER WORDS FROM work
non·work, noun pre·work, verb, pre·worked or pre·wrought, pre·work·ing. pre·work, noun, adjectiveWords nearby work
British Dictionary definitions for out of work
work
/ (wɜːk) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of work
workless, adjective worklessness, nounWord Origin for work
Old English
weorc (n),
wircan, wyrcan (vb); related to Old High German
wurchen, German
wirken, Old Norse
yrkja, Gothic
waurkjan
Scientific definitions for out of work
work
[ wûrk ]
The transfer of energy from one object to another, especially in order to make the second object move in a certain direction. Work is equal to the amount of force multiplied by the distance over which it is applied. If a force of 10 newtons, for example, is applied over a distance of 3 meters, the work is equal to 30 newtons per meter, or 30 joules. The unit for measuring work is the same as that for energy in any system of units, since work is simply a transfer of energy. Compare energy power.
Cultural definitions for out of work
Idioms and Phrases with out of work (1 of 2)
out of work
Unemployed; also, having no work to do. For example, He lost his job a year ago and has been out of work ever since, or They don't give her enough assignments—she's always out of work. Shakespeare used this expression in Henry V (1:2): “All out of work and cold for action.”
Idioms and Phrases with out of work (2 of 2)
work