name · noun · verb · 84 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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wûrk
/wɜː(ɹ)k/
Received-Pronunciation:/wɜːk/
Received-Pronunciation:[wəːk]
British, Southern, Standard:[wəːk]
Multicultural-London-English:[wəːk]
Multicultural-London-English:[wœːk]
[wɔːk]Northumbria, Broad Geordie
[weːx]Liverpool, fair–fur merger
[wɛːk]Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
Wales:[wøːk]
Wales:[wœːk]
Scotland:/wʌɾk/
Ireland:/wɚːk/
[wʊːɹk]Dublin
General-American:/wɝk/
General-American:[wɚk]
New-York-City, Southern-US, dated:/wɜɪ̯k/
Australian:/wɵːk/
New-Zealand:/wøːk/
Canada:[wɚːk]
Canada:[wəɹk]
/ʋərk/South Asia, rhotic
/(ʋ)ɵrk/South Asia, rhotic; rounded
/ʋɜk/South Asia, non-rhotic
/wɔɹk/non-native speakers' English
/work/non-native speakers' English
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Employment.
Labour, occupation, job.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
My work involves a lot of travel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: work, job, occupation, employment
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Employment.
The place where one is employed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Employment.
One's employer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Examples
I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Employment.
A factory; a works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Effort.
Effort expended on a particular task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Effort.
Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
Effort.
Something on which effort is expended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Effort.
Something on which effort is expended.
Cosmetic surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Examples
has had a lot of work done
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Effort.
Something on which effort is expended.
Prison gang violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Examples
putting in work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
Effort.
A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
mastering a second language requires a lot of work
no schools offer graduate study in interior design
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: study
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: learning, acquisition
57
noun
Meaning 57
(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
work equals force times distance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: energy, free energy
58
verb
Meaning 58
give a workout to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
work one's muscles
this puzzle will exercise your mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exercise, work out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work, put to work
Narrower terms: warm up
59
verb
Meaning 59
arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: become, go, get
60
verb
Meaning 60
go sour or spoil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The milk has soured
The wine worked
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sour, turn, ferment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
61
verb
Meaning 61
cause to undergo fermentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content
The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ferment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convert
Narrower terms: vinify
62
verb
Meaning 62
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
did you solve the problem?
Work out your problems with the boss
this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
did you get it?
Did you get my meaning?
He could not work the math problem
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work From Middle English work, werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wark (“work”), North Frisian werk (“work”), Saterland Frisian Wierk (“work”), West Frisian wurk (“work”), Dutch werk (“work”), German Werk (“work”), German Low German Wark (“work”), Luxembourgish Wierk (“work”), Danish værk (“work”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish verk (“work”); also Breton ober (“to do, make”), Cornish gul, gwul (“to do, make”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic fearg (“anger”), Manx ferg (“anger”), Pictish ᚒᚏᚏᚐᚉᚈ (urract, “he made”), Welsh gwneud, neud (“to do, make”), Greek έργο (érgo, “work”), Albanian argëtim (“entertainment; fun, pleasure”), argëtoj (“to amuse, entertain”), Lithuanian váržas (“fish snaring net”), Macedonian врша (vrša, “fish-trap”), Polish wiersza (“fish-trap”), Russian and Ukrainian ве́рша (vérša, “fish-trap”), Serbo-Croatian вр̑ша, vȓša (“fish-trap”), Slovak and Slovene vrša (“fish-trap”), Aghwan 𐔱𐕒𐕙𐔵 (borz, “labour, work”), Armenian գործ (gorc, “work”), Northern Kurdish werz (“bed, field, patch; season”), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (vər^əz, “to do, work”), Persian ورز (varz, “art, craft, trade”), ورزه (varze, “art, profession, trade”), ورزیدن (varzidan, “to exercise; to train; to work”), Tocharian B warkṣäl (“energy, power, strength”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright. Doublet of erg and ergon.
From Middle English werken and worchen, from Old English wyrċan and wircan (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti (“to be working, to be at work”), from the root *werǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian werka, wirka, Old Saxon wirkian, Low German warken, Dutch werken, Old High German wurken (German wirken, werken and werkeln), Old Norse yrkja and orka, (Swedish yrka and orka), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waurkjan).
Across languages
Translations
1113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
ау́сура
(aẃsura)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Afrikaans:
werk
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Albanian:
punoj
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Aleut:
awal
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Southern Altai:
иштеер
(išteer)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chungli Ao:
inyak
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Arabic:
عَمِلَ
(ʕamila)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Arabic:
اِشْتَغَلَ
(ištaḡala)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Arabic:
اشتغل
(ištaḡal)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Arabic:
خدم
(ḵedem)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Arabic:
اشتغل
(ištáḡal)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Aragonese:
treballar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܦܵܠܹܚ
(paleḳ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Armenian:
աշխատել
(ašxatel)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Aromanian:
lucredz
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Aromanian:
lucredzu
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Assamese:
কাম কৰা
(kam kora)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Asturian:
trabayar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Azerbaijani:
çalışmaq
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Azerbaijani:
işləmək
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Bashkir:
эшләү
(eşləw)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Bashkir:
эштәү
(eşləw)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Basque:
lan egin
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Belarusian:
працава́ць
(pracavácʹ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Belarusian:
рабі́ць
(rabícʹ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Bengali:
কাজ করা
(kaj kora)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Bulgarian:
рабо́тя
(rabótja)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Bulgarian:
трудя́ се
(trudjá se)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Burmese:
လုပ်
(lup)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Burmese:
အလုပ်လုပ်
(a.luplup)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Catalan:
treballar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Cherokee:
ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ
(dulvwisdaneha)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chichewa:
-gwira ntchito
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chickasaw:
toksali
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese Cantonese:
做嘢
(zou6 je5)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese:
зўхуә
(zwhuə)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Eastern Min Chinese:
做事計 /做事计
(có̤-dâi-gié)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Hakka Chinese:
做事
(cho-se / cho-sṳ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese:
作穡 /作穑
(choh-sit)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese:
做工
(chò-kang)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese Mandarin:
工作
(gōngzuò)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese Mandarin:
幹活兒 /干活儿
(gànhuór)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chinese Mandarin:
做工
(zuògōng)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Wu Chinese:
工作
(kon tsoq)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Chuvash:
ӗҫле
(ĕśle)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Maore Comorian:
ufanya hazi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ngazidja Comorian:
hufanya hazi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Cornish:
gul hwel
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Cornish:
lavurya
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Cornish:
oberi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Czech:
pracovat
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Dalmatian:
stentur
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Danish:
arbejde
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Dutch:
werken
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Esperanto:
labori
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Estonian:
töötama
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ewe:
wɔ dɔ
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Extremaduran:
trebahal
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Faroese:
arbeiða
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Finnish:
työskennellä
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Finnish:
tehdä työtä
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Finnish:
olla töissä
— intransitive: to do a specific task
French:
travailler
— intransitive: to do a specific task
French:
bosser
— intransitive: to do a specific task
West-Frisian:
wurkje
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Friulian:
lavorâ
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Galician:
traballar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Georgian:
მუშაობა
(mušaoba)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
German:
arbeiten
— intransitive: to do a specific task
East Central German:
arbittn
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Gothic:
𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽
(waurkjan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Gothic:
𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
(arbaidjan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Greek:
δουλεύω
(doulévo)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ancient Greek:
ἐργάζομαι
(ergázomai)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Greenlandic:
sulivoq
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Haitian Creole:
travay
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Hebrew:
עָבַד
(avád)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Hindi:
काम करना
(kām karnā)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
White Hmong:
ua hauj lwm
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Hungarian:
dolgozik
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Icelandic:
vinna
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Indonesian:
bekerja
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ingrian:
tehä töötä
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ingrian:
raataa
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Interlingua:
laborar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Irish:
oibrigh
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Old Irish:
saethraigidir
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Istriot:
lavurà
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Italian:
lavorare
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Japanese:
働く
(hataraku)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Javanese:
gawé
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Old Javanese:
gaway
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Jeju:
일ᄒᆞ다
(ilhawda)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kaitag:
булша́на
(bulšána)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kazakh:
жұмыс істеу
(jūmys ısteu)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kazakh:
істеу
(ısteu)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Khmer:
ធ្វើការ
(thvəə kaa)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kongo:
kusala
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Korean:
일하다
(ilhada)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kyrgyz:
иштөө
(iştöö)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Kyrgyz:
жумуш кылуу
(jumuş kıluu)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lao:
ທໍາງານ
(tham ngān)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Latgalian:
dareit
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Latgalian:
prācavuot
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Latin:
labōrō
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Latin:
operor
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Latvian:
strādāt
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lingala:
kosála
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lithuanian:
dirbti
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Livvi:
ruadua
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lombard:
lavorà
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lombard:
laurà
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Low German:
warken
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lü:
ᦵᦣᧆᦉᦱᧂᧉ
(hedṡaang2)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Luxembourgish:
schaffen
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Macedonian:
работи
(raboti)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Malay:
bekerja
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Malayalam:
പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക
(pravaṟttikkuka)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Maltese:
ħadem
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Māori:
mahi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Māori:
awheawhe
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Māori:
whakarīrā
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Marathi:
काम करणे
(kām karṇe)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Mongolian:
ажиллах
(ažillax)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Mongolian:
ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠯᠠᠬᠤ
(aǰillaqu)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Navajo:
naʼanish
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Neapolitan:
faticà
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Norman:
travailli
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Norwegian Bokmål:
arbeide
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Norwegian Bokmål:
jobbe
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Occitan:
trabalhar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Church Slavic:
дѣлати
(dělati)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Church Slavic:
работати
(rabotati)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Old East Slavic:
роботати
(robotati)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Old English:
wyrċan
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Oromo:
hojjechuu
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pannonian Rusyn:
робиц
(robic)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pannonian Rusyn:
працовац
(pracovac)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Papiamentu:
traha
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pashto:
کار کول
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pennsylvania German:
schaffe
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Dari:
کَار کَرْدَن
(kār kardan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Iranian Persian:
کار کَرْدَن
(kâr kardan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Piedmontese:
travajé
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pipil:
tekiti
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Pipil:
tequiti
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Polish:
pracować
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Portuguese:
trabalhar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Quechua:
llamk'ay
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Romanian:
face
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Romanian:
munci
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Romanian:
lucra
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Russian:
рабо́тать
(rabótatʹ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Russian:
труди́ться
(trudítʹsja)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Russian:
де́лать
(délatʹ)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Samoan:
galue
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sango:
kusala
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sardinian:
traballai
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Scots:
wirk
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Scottish Gaelic:
obraich
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Serbo-Croatian:
ра́дити
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Serbo-Croatian:
ráditi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sicilian:
travagghiari
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sinhalese:
වැඩ කරනවා
(wæḍa karanawā)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Slovak:
pracovať
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Slovene:
delati
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Lower Sorbian:
źěłaś
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Upper Sorbian:
dźěłać
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sotho:
sebetsa
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
trabajar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
laburar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
chambear
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
chejear
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
bretear
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Spanish:
currelar
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sranan Tongo:
wroko
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sursurunga:
him
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Swahili:
kufanya kazi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Swedish:
jobba
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Swedish:
arbeta
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Sylheti:
ꠇꠣꠝ ꠇꠞꠣ
(xam xora)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tagalog:
\magtrabaho
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tajik:
кор кардан
(kor kardan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tamil:
வேலை செய்
(vēlai cey)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tatar:
эшләргә
(eşlärgä)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Thai:
ทํางาน
(tam-ngaan)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tibetan:
ལས་ཀ་བྱེད
(las ka byed)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Tocharian B:
lāṃs-
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Turkish:
çalışmak
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Turkmen:
işlemek
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ukrainian:
працюва́ти
(pracjuváty)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ukrainian:
труди́тися
(trudýtysja)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Ukrainian:
роби́ти
(robýty)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Unami:
mikëmòsi
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Urdu:
کام کَرْنا
(kām karnā)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Uzbek:
ishlamoq
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Uzbek:
mehnat qilmoq
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Vietnamese:
làm việc
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Volapük:
vobön
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Walloon:
ovrer
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Walloon:
bouter
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Welsh:
gweithio
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Yiddish:
אַרבעטן
(arbetn)
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Yoruba:
ṣiṣẹ́
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Yucatec Maya:
meyaj
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Zazaki:
guriyen
— intransitive: to do a specific task
ǃXóõ:
ǀgáã
— intransitive: to do a specific task
Danish:
drive
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Danish:
arbejde
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Finnish:
työskennellä
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
French:
opérer
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
West-Frisian:
wurkje
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Russian:
рабо́тать
(rabótatʹ)
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Russian:
труди́ться
(trudítʹsja)
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Scots:
wirk
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Spanish:
labrar
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Turkish:
işletmek
— transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Finnish:
käyttää
— to operate in, through, or by means of
Scots:
wirk
— to operate in, through, or by means of
Arabic:
سَارَ
(sāra)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Armenian:
աշխատել
(ašxatel)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Bulgarian:
рабо́тя
(rabótja)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Catalan:
fer anar
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Catalan:
fer funcionar
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Chichewa:
-gwira ntchito
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Chinese Mandarin:
運行良好 /运行良好
(yùnxíngliánghǎo)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Chinese Mandarin:
生效
(shēngxiào)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Czech:
fungovat
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Danish:
virke
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Dutch:
werken
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Esperanto:
funkcii
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Ewe:
wɔ dɔ
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Finnish:
toimia
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
French:
marcher
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
French:
fonctionner
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
West-Frisian:
wurkje
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
German:
funktionieren
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
German:
wirken
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Greek:
λειτουργώ
(leitourgó)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Haitian Creole:
mache
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Hebrew:
עבד
('avád)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Hindi:
काम करना
(kām karnā)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Hungarian:
működik
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Hungarian:
beválik
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Hungarian:
összejön
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Icelandic:
virka
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Irish:
oibrigh
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Italian:
funzionare
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Japanese:
働く
(hataraku)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Khmer:
ដើរ
(daə)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Latin:
operor
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Macedonian:
ра́боти
(ráboti)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Malayalam:
പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക
(pravaṟttikkuka)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Nepali:
चल्नु
(calnu)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Norwegian Bokmål:
fungere
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Norwegian Bokmål:
virke
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Norwegian Bokmål:
gå
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Iranian Persian:
کار کَرْدَن
(kâr kardan)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Polish:
działać
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Portuguese:
funcionar
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Quechua:
llamk'ay
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Romanian:
lucra
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Romanian:
funcţiona
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Russian:
рабо́тать
(rabótatʹ)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Scots:
wirk
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Serbo-Croatian:
радити
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Serbo-Croatian:
функционисати
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Serbo-Croatian:
raditi
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Serbo-Croatian:
funcionisati
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Spanish:
ser eficaz
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Spanish:
carburar
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Spanish:
rular
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Swedish:
fungera
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Swedish:
gå
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Swedish:
funka
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Tamil:
வேலை செய்
(vēlai cey)
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Turkish:
çalışmak
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Turkish:
iş görmek
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Turkish:
işe yaramak
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Vietnamese:
hoạt động
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Vietnamese:
được
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Zazaki:
kar kerden
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Zazaki:
kar vinen
— to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
Catalan:
fer anar
— to set into action — see also operate
Catalan:
fer funcionar
— to set into action — see also operate
Danish:
betjene
— to set into action — see also operate
Danish:
anvende
— to set into action — see also operate
Finnish:
käyttää
— to set into action — see also operate
French:
actionner
— to set into action — see also operate
Hebrew:
הִפְעִיל
(hif'íl)
— to set into action — see also operate
Indonesian:
memfungsikan
— to set into action — see also operate
Japanese:
働かせる
(hatarakaseru)
— to set into action — see also operate
Polish:
wprowadzić
— to set into action — see also operate
Portuguese:
operar
— to set into action — see also operate
Portuguese:
ativar
— to set into action — see also operate
Romanian:
opera
— to set into action — see also operate
Romanian:
acţiona
— to set into action — see also operate
Russian:
приводи́ть в де́йствие
(privodítʹ v déjstvije)
— to set into action — see also operate
Scots:
wirk
— to set into action — see also operate
Spanish:
hacer funcionar
— to set into action — see also operate
Telugu:
పని చేయించు
(pani cēyiñcu)
— to set into action — see also operate
Turkish:
çalıştırmak
— to set into action — see also operate
Zazaki:
gureynayen
— to set into action — see also operate
Bulgarian:
изразхо́двам
(izrazhódvam)
— to exhaust
Catalan:
exhaurir-se
— to exhaust
Catalan:
consumir-se
— to exhaust
Danish:
udnytte
— to exhaust
Finnish:
käyttää loppuun
— to exhaust
Macedonian:
истро́шува
(istróšuva)
— to exhaust
Polish:
zużuwać
— to exhaust
Russian:
выраба́тывать
(vyrabátyvatʹ)
— to exhaust
Russian:
вы́работать
(výrabotatʹ)
— to exhaust
Scots:
wirk
— to exhaust
Bulgarian:
обрабо́твам
(obrabótvam)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Catalan:
treballar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Catalan:
afaiçonar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Catalan:
donar forma
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Catalan:
tallar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Catalan:
preparar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Czech:
opracovat
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Danish:
bearbejde
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Danish:
forarbejde
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Dutch:
bewerken
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Finnish:
työstää
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Finnish:
muokata
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Greek:
πλάθω
(plátho)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Ancient Greek:
μορφόω
(morphóō)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Ancient Greek:
πλάσσω
(plássō)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Italian:
lavorare
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Latin:
laboro
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Latin:
operor
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Macedonian:
обрабо́тува
(obrabótuva)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Macedonian:
обли́кува
(oblíkuva)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Malayalam:
പണിയുക
(paṇiyuka)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Polish:
obrabiać
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Portuguese:
trabalhar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Romanian:
lucra
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Russian:
обраба́тывать
(obrabátyvatʹ)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Russian:
обрабо́тать
(obrabótatʹ)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Scots:
wirk
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Spanish:
tallar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Spanish:
trabajar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Spanish:
labrar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Spanish:
laborear
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Spanish:
obrar
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Swedish:
bearbeta
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Telugu:
రూపుదిద్దుకొను
(rūpudiddukonu)
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Turkish:
işlemek
— to shape, form, or improve a material
Bulgarian:
провоки́рам
(provokíram)
— to provoke or excite
Bulgarian:
възбу́ждам
(vǎzbúždam)
— to provoke or excite
Danish:
bearbejde
— to provoke or excite
Dutch:
bespelen
— to provoke or excite
Finnish:
aiheuttaa
— to provoke or excite
Macedonian:
предизви́кува
(predizvíkuva)
— to provoke or excite
Russian:
вызыва́ть
(vyzyvátʹ)
— to provoke or excite
Russian:
возбужда́ть
(vozbuždátʹ)
— to provoke or excite
Russian:
возбуди́ть
(vozbudítʹ)
— to provoke or excite
Telugu:
ఆత్రపడు
(ātrapaḍu)
— to provoke or excite
Bulgarian:
изпо́лзвам
(izpólzvam)
— to use or manipulate
Bulgarian:
манипули́рам
(manipulíram)
— to use or manipulate
Catalan:
fer anar
— to use or manipulate
Catalan:
fer servir
— to use or manipulate
Danish:
udnytte
— to use or manipulate
Finnish:
käyttää
— to use or manipulate
Finnish:
ohjata
— to use or manipulate
Japanese:
働かせる
(hatarakaseru)
— to use or manipulate
Macedonian:
ра́боти
(ráboti)
— to use or manipulate
Romanian:
folosi
— to use or manipulate
Russian:
испо́льзовать
(ispólʹzovatʹ)
— to use or manipulate
Russian:
манипули́ровать
(manipulírovatʹ)
— to use or manipulate
Scots:
wirk
— to use or manipulate
Telugu:
వాడుకొను
(vāḍukonu)
— to use or manipulate
Bulgarian:
провоки́рам
(provokíram)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Bulgarian:
пра́вя
(právja)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Catalan:
fer
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Catalan:
provocar
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Maore Comorian:
utsimidza
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Danish:
udvirke
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Danish:
få til at ske
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Dutch:
bewerkstelligen
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Finnish:
aiheuttaa
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Finnish:
tehdä
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
French:
faire
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Japanese:
起こす
(okosu)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Macedonian:
предизви́кува
(predizvíkuva)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Portuguese:
fazer
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Romanian:
produce
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Russian:
вызыва́ть
(vyzyvátʹ)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Russian:
вы́звать
(výzvatʹ)
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Spanish:
obrar
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Swedish:
åstadkomma
— to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
Bulgarian:
изпо́лзвам
(izpólzvam)
— to force to work
Bulgarian:
по́лзвам
(pólzvam)
— to force to work
Catalan:
fer anar
— to force to work
Catalan:
fer funcionar
— to force to work
Danish:
sætte i arbejde
— to force to work
Danish:
få til at arbejde
— to force to work
Finnish:
teettää
— to force to work
Finnish:
teettää työtä
— to force to work
Hebrew:
הֶעֱבִיד
(he'evíd)
— to force to work
Japanese:
働かせる
(hatarakaseru)
— to force to work
Swedish:
driva
— to force to work
Turkish:
çalıştırmak
— to force to work
Bulgarian:
влия́я
(vlijája)
— to move or progress slowly
Bulgarian:
повлия́вам
(povlijávam)
— to move or progress slowly
Danish:
arbejde
— to move or progress slowly
Finnish:
vaikuttaa
— to move or progress slowly
Scots:
wirk
— to move or progress slowly
Danish:
bane sig vej
— to cause to move or progress
Danish:
arbejde sig
— to cause to move or progress
Finnish:
tunkeutua
— to cause to move or progress
Finnish:
hivuttaa
— to cause to move or progress
Hebrew:
עשה
('asáh)
— to cause to move or progress
Norwegian Bokmål:
arbeide
— to cause to move or progress
Polish:
przedzierać się
— to cause to move or progress
Russian:
пробира́ться
(probirátʹsja)
— to cause to move or progress
Russian:
пробра́ться
(probrátʹsja)
— to cause to move or progress
Russian:
проса́чиваться
(prosáčivatʹsja)
— to cause to move or progress
Russian:
просочи́ться
(prosočítʹsja)
— to cause to move or progress
Scots:
wirk
— to cause to move or progress
Swedish:
arbeta
— to cause to move or progress
Turkish:
işlemek
— to cause to move or progress
Bulgarian:
броди́рам
(brodíram)
— to embroider with thread
Bulgarian:
изброди́ра
(izbrodíra)
— to embroider with thread
Catalan:
brodar
— to embroider with thread
Danish:
brodere
— to embroider with thread
Finnish:
kirjailla
— to embroider with thread
French:
broder
— to embroider with thread
Macedonian:
ве́зе
(véze)
— to embroider with thread
Polish:
wyszywać
— to embroider with thread
Russian:
вышива́ть
(vyšivátʹ)
— to embroider with thread
Russian:
вы́шить
(výšitʹ)
— to embroider with thread
Spanish:
bordar
— to embroider with thread
Turkish:
işlemek
— to embroider with thread
Finnish:
käydä
— to ferment
Bulgarian:
ферменти́рам
(fermentíram)
— to cause to ferment
Catalan:
fermentar
— to cause to ferment
Danish:
gære
— to cause to ferment
Finnish:
käyttää
— to cause to ferment
Polish:
pracować
— to cause to ferment
Romanian:
fermenta
— to cause to ferment
Spanish:
fermentar
— to cause to ferment
Bulgarian:
влия́я
(vlijája)
— to influence
Bulgarian:
повлия́вам
(povlijávam)
— to influence
Bulgarian:
ка́рам
(káram)
— to influence
Danish:
bearbejde
— to influence
Finnish:
vaikuttaa
— to influence
Italian:
lavorare
— to influence
Japanese:
働きかける
(hatarakikakeru)
— to influence
Macedonian:
вли́јае
(vlíjae)
— to influence
Russian:
влия́ть
(vlijátʹ)
— to influence
Scots:
wirk
— to influence
Swedish:
bearbeta
— to influence
Catalan:
moure's
— to move in an agitated manner — see also move
Danish:
gå
— to move in an agitated manner — see also move
Finnish:
liikkua
— to move in an agitated manner — see also move
Finnish:
ravistella
— to move in an agitated manner — see also move
Spanish:
torcerse
— to move in an agitated manner — see also move
Bulgarian:
рабо́тя се
(rabótja se)
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Danish:
virke
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Danish:
fungere
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Finnish:
muokkautua
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
French:
se travailler
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Macedonian:
се ра́боти
(se ráboti)
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Romanian:
se manifesta
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Romanian:
se comporta
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Russian:
рабо́тать
(rabótatʹ)
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Scots:
wirk
— to behave in a certain way when handled.
Swedish:
fungera
— to behave in a certain way when handled.