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 work in (1 of 2)
work in
verb (adverb)
to insert or become inserted
she worked the patch in carefully
(tr)
to find space for
I'll work this job in during the day
noun work-in
a form of industrial action in which a factory that is to be closed down is occupied and run by its workers
British Dictionary definitions for work in (2 of 2)
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 work in
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 work in
Idioms and Phrases with work in (1 of 2)
work in
Insert or introduce, as in As part of their presentation they worked in a request for funding the exhibit. Similarly, work into means “insert or introduce into something else,” as in She worked more flour into the mixture. [Late 1600s]
Make time for in a schedule, as in The dentist said he would try to work her in this morning. Here, too, work into is sometimes used, as in She had to work two emergency cases into her morning schedule. [Mid-1700s]
Idioms and Phrases with work in (2 of 2)
work