To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
He’s working in a bar.
To effect by gradual degrees.
he worked his way through the crowd
To embroider with thread.
To set into action.
He worked the levers.
To cause to ferment.
To ferment.
To exhaust, by working.
The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
To shape, form, or improve a material.
He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
she works the night clubs
To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
To provoke or excite; to influence.
The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
She knows how to work the system.
To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
I cannot work a miracle.
To cause to work.
He is working his servants hard.
To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work
To influence.
They worked on her to join the group.
To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
To move in an agitated manner.
A ship works in a heavy sea.
To behave in a certain way when handled
this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well
(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
To hurt; to ache.
To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; .
She wreaked her anger on his car.
To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison.
To inflict or take vengeance on.
To take vengeance for.
Having been worked or prepared somehow.
Is that fence made out of wrought iron?