| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be employed; exert oneself |
Synonyms: |
apply oneself, be gainfully employed, buckle down, carry on, dig, do a job, do business, drive, drudge, earn a living, freelance, have a job, hold a job, hustle*, knuckle down, labor, manage, manufacture, moil, moonlight, nine-to-five it, peg away, plug away, ply, punch a clock, pursue, report, scratch, slave, slog, specialize, strain, strive, sweat*, take on, toil, try |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, relax, rest |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, operate |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, act, behave, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, control, create, direct, drive, effect, execute, force, function, go, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, progress, react, run, serve, take, tick, use, wield |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, form |
Synonyms: |
care for, dig, dress, farm, fashion, handle, knead, labor, make, manipulate, mold, process, shape, tend, till |
Antonyms: |
destroy |
| Main Entry: | wreak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force, cause |
Synonyms: |
bring about, carry out, create, effect, execute, exercise, force upon, inflict, unleash, vent, visit, work, wreck |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Main Entry: | wrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | created |
Synonyms: |
constructed, elaborated, fashioned, formed, made, manufactured, molded, processed, shaped, worked |
| Main Entry: | wrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made |
Synonyms: |
constructed, created, elaborated, fashioned, finished, formed, hammered, manufactured, molded, ornamented, processed, shaped, worked |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
Synonyms: |
clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Main Entry: | avail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of use; use |
Synonyms: |
account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forge |
Synonyms: |
fashion, form, hammer, malleate, model, pound, shape, work |
| Main Entry: | behave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | function |
Synonyms: |
act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work |