Colloquial Variant guide

work

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
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K 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

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Effort.

A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Product; the result of effort.

The result of a particular manner of production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, often, uncountable

Examples

  • There's a lot of guesswork involved.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Product; the result of effort.

Something produced using the specified material or tool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, often, uncountable

Examples

  • We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Product; the result of effort.

A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • It is a work of art.
  • the poetic works of Alexander Pope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: content, creative work, opus, piece

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Product; the result of effort.

A fortification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

The staging of events to appear as real.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Ore before it is dressed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural, plural-only, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • Tell me you're using clean works at least.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

The confident attitude of a drag queen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: LGBTQ slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He's working in a bar.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I work in a national park.
  • She works in the human resources department.
  • He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Said of one's job title [with as].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I work as a cleaner.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • She works for Microsoft.
  • He works for the President.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.
  • You work with computers, right?
  • She works with the homeless people from the suburbs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

To be employed or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • She works the night clubs.
  • The salesman works the Midwest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

To be employed or operate in, through, or by means of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • She's working the phones.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To be operative in a specified way.

To behave in a certain way when handled

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • This dough does not work easily.
  • The soft metal works well.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To be operative in a specified way.

To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To be operative in a specified way.

To be appealing; to be approved of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The chef's steak frites just didn't work for me.
  • That shirt doesn't work on her.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To be operative in a specified way.

To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive, intransitive, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To be operative in a specified way.

To hurt; to ache.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To be operative in a specified way.

To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang, transitive

Examples

  • I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is working it like nobody's business.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To be operative in a specified way.

To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: LGBTQ slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To set into action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He worked the levers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To exhaust, by working.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To shape, form, or improve a material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He used pliers to work the wire into shape.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To provoke or excite; to influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She knows how to work the system.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: law

Examples

  • I cannot work a miracle.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To force or compel to work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He is working his servants hard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • They worked on her to join the group.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.

To use intensely and successfully.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He worked that basketball like a boss!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To continue laboriously.

To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • to work into the earth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To continue laboriously.

To move or progress slowly [with one's way].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He worked his way through the crowd.
  • The dye worked its way through.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

verb

Meaning 46

To continue laboriously.

To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

verb

Meaning 47

To continue laboriously.

To move in an agitated manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • His fingers worked with tension.
  • A ship works in a heavy sea.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

To ferment (produce alcohol from sugars).

To ferment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

To ferment (produce alcohol from sugars).

To cause to ferment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

To embroider with thread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

noun

Meaning 51

activity directed toward making or doing something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she checked several points needing further work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: wash, washing, lavation, action, job, operation, procedure, service, shining, polishing, heavy lifting, housewifery, housework, housekeeping, ironing, busywork, make-work, logging, loose end, unfinished business, nightwork, paperwork, welfare work, social service, labor, labour, toil, subbing, substituting, investigation, investigating, care, attention, aid, tending, duty, mission, missionary work, spadework, timework, undertaking, project, task, coursework

52

noun

Meaning 52

the occupation for which you are paid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is looking for employment
  • a lot of people are out of work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: employment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: occupation, business, job, line of work, line

Narrower terms: coaching, coaching job, engagement, booking, ministry, seafaring, navigation, sailing, workload, work load, piecework, service, telecommuting, teleworking, services, public service, paper route

53

noun

Meaning 53

the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre
  • Picasso's work can be divided into periods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oeuvre, body of work

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end product, output

Narrower terms: writing

54

noun

Meaning 54

a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
  • the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
  • he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
  • the work of an active imagination
  • erosion is the work of wind or water over time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: piece of work

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: product, production

Narrower terms: follow-up, followup, handicraft, handcraft, handiwork, handwork, ironwork, lacework, lacquerware, leatherwork, masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre, metalwork, openwork, polychrome, silverwork, wicker, wickerwork, caning, woodwork, work in progress, workpiece, publication

55

noun

Meaning 55

a place where work is done

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he arrived at work early today

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: workplace

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geographic point, geographical point

Narrower terms: bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse, beehive, brokerage house, brokerage, central, telephone exchange, exchange, colliery, pit, creamery, drill site, farm, fishery, piscary, fish farm, forge, smithy, gasworks, glassworks, ironworks, job, lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory, laundry, location, lumberyard, oyster bed, oyster bank, oyster park, proving ground, ropewalk, rope yard, roundhouse, shipyard, shop floor, studio, tannery, test bed, waterworks, workshop, shop

56

noun

Meaning 56

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: understand

Narrower terms: answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess, infer, break

63

verb

Meaning 63

use or manipulate to one's advantage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He exploit the new taxation system
  • She knows how to work the system
  • he works his parents for sympathy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exploit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

Narrower terms: make hay, play, avail, help, prey, feed, use

64

verb

Meaning 64

make uniform

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • knead dough
  • work the clay until it is soft

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: manipulate

Narrower terms: proof, masticate

65

verb

Meaning 65

perform as expected when applied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
  • Does this old car still run well?
  • This old radio doesn't work anymore

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: function, operate, go, run

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: double, roll, run, cut, service, serve

66

verb

Meaning 66

move into or onto

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work the raisins into the dough
  • the student worked a few jokes into his presentation
  • work the body onto the flatbed truck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

Narrower terms: stir

67

verb

Meaning 67

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I cannot work a miracle
  • wreak havoc
  • bring comments
  • play a joke
  • The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring, play, wreak, make for

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

68

verb

Meaning 68

make something, usually for a specific function

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She molded the rice balls carefully
  • Form cylinders from the dough
  • shape a figure
  • Work the metal into a sword

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shape, form, mold, mould, forge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

Narrower terms: carve, swage, upset, chip, layer, cut out, machine, grind, stamp, puddle, beat, preform, mound, hill, roughcast, reshape, remold, sinter, cast, mold, mould, throw, handbuild, hand-build, coil, sculpt, sculpture, model

69

verb

Meaning 69

shape, form, or improve a material

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work stone into tools
  • process iron
  • work the metal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: work on, process

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transform, transmute, transubstantiate

Narrower terms: hot-work, coldwork, cold work, overwork, rework, make over, retread, rack, tool, till

70

verb

Meaning 70

prepare for crops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Work the soil
  • cultivate the land

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cultivate, crop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

Narrower terms: overcrop, overcultivate

71

verb

Meaning 71

gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the political candidate worked the crowds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

72

verb

Meaning 72

move in an agitated manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His fingers worked with tension

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

73

verb

Meaning 73

proceed along a path

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work one's way through the crowd
  • make one's way into the forest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pass, go through, go across

Narrower terms: claw, jostle, bushwhack

74

verb

Meaning 74

provoke or excite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stimulate, excite, stir

75

verb

Meaning 75

proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work your way through every problem or task
  • She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived
  • Start from the bottom and work towards the top

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: go, proceed, move

76

verb

Meaning 76

cause to work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is working his servants hard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: put to work

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

Narrower terms: exercise, work, work out, warm up, cybernate, computerize, computerise, rack, overwork, exploit

77

verb

Meaning 77

be employed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Is your husband working again?
  • My wife never worked
  • Do you want to work after the age of 60?
  • She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money
  • She works as a waitress to put herself through college

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: do work

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: serve, bank, fill, take, occupy, drive, tinker, fink, scab, rat, blackleg, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil, farm, moonlight, job, man, slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, subcontract, turn a trick, freelance

78

verb

Meaning 78

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I will work hard to improve my grades
  • she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: idle

Narrower terms: work through, run through, go through, putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, carpenter, clerk, page, wait, waitress, pull one's weight, electioneer, assist, beaver, beaver away, work at, work on, plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, busy, occupy, collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together, volunteer, specialize, specialise, minister, intern, skipper, boondoggle, skimp, scant, whore, serve, work

79

verb

Meaning 79

cause to operate or function

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This pilot works the controls
  • Can you work an electric drill?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: manage, deal, care, handle

80

verb

Meaning 80

operate in or through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Work the phones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operate, run

81

verb

Meaning 81

have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought
  • How does your idea work in practice?
  • This method doesn't work
  • The breaks of my new car act quickly
  • The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: act

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

82

verb

Meaning 82

have and exert influence or effect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The artist's work influenced the young painter
  • She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: influence, act upon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch

Narrower terms: prejudice, prepossess, imprint, form, militate, manipulate, pull strings, pull wires, color, colour, swing, swing over, blackmail, blackjack, pressure, carry, persuade, sway, get at, fix, dominate

83

verb

Meaning 83

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She works the night clubs
  • The salesman works the Midwest
  • This artist works mostly in acrylics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work

84

verb

Meaning 84

behave in a certain way when handled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This dough does not work easily
  • The soft metal works well

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

History

Etymology

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) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Afrikaans: werk — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Afrikaans: arbeid — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕐 (aš) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Albanian: punë — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Albanian: mund (gheg) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Southern Altai: иш (iš) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Amharic: ሥራ (śəra) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Andi: гьалтӏи (haltʼi) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: شُغْل (šuḡl) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: خِدْمَة (ḵidma) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: شغل (šuḡl) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: شغل (šuḡul) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: خدمة (ḵedma) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Arabic: وظيفة (waḍīfa) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Aragonese: treball — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Aragonese: treballo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ (pulḳana) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܵܐ (šula) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Armenian: գործ (gorc) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Assamese: কাম (kam) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Asturian: trabayu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Asturian: tayu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Atayal: mtzaw — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Avar: хӏалтӏи (ḥraltʼi) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Azerbaijani: əmək — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Azerbaijani: iş — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Azerbaijani: zəhmət — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bangi: bosali — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bashkir: эш (eş) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Basque: lan — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Belarusian: пра́ца (práca) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Belarusian: рабо́та (rabóta) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bengali: কাজ (kaj) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bengali: চাকরি (cakri) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: karaja — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bulgarian: ра́бота (rábota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Bulgarian: труд (trud) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Burmese: လုပ်အား (lup-a:) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Burmese: အလုပ် (a.lup) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пра́ца (práca) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Carpathian Rusyn: робо́та (robóta) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Catalan: treball — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Catalan: feina — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cebuano: trabaho — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chechen: болх (bolx) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chichewa: ntchito — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese Cantonese: 工作 (gung1 zok3) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese: гунзуә (gunzuə) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese: 工作 (kang-chok / kong-chok) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作 (gōngzuò) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞動 /劳动 (láodòng) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Chinese Mandarin: 職業 /职业 (zhíyè) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Wu Chinese: 工作 (1kon-tsoq7) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cia-Cia: 까라자아 — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cornish: gonis — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cornish: gweyth — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cornish: hwel — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cornish: lavur — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Cornish: ober — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Czech: práce — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Czech: zaměstnání — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Danish: arbejde — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Danish: job — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Dutch: werk — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Dutch: job — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Dutch: arbeid — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Esperanto: laboro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Estonian: töö — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ewe: dɔwɔwɔ — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Extremaduran: trebahu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Finnish: työ — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • French: travail — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • French: [6] ^((please verify)) œuvre — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • French: [6] ^((please verify)) création — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • West-Frisian: wurk — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Friulian: vore — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Fula: golle — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Fula: ligge — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Galician: traballo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Galician: choio — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Georgian: მუშაობა (mušaoba) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • German: Arbeit — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • East Central German: Arbitt — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • East Central German: Arb — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (arbaiþs) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Greek: έργο (érgo) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Greek: εργασία (ergasía) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Greek: δουλειά (douleiá) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ancient Greek: ἔργον (érgon) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Greenlandic: suliaq — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Haitian Creole: travay — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hausa: aiki — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hebrew: מְלָאכָה (melakhá) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hebrew: עָמָל (amál) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: काम (kām) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: श्रम (śram) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: उद्योग (udyog) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: वृत्ति (vŕtti) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: कार्य (kārya) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: कार (kār) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: कर्म (karm) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: अमल (amal) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hindi: वजीफा (vajīphā) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hungarian: munka — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hungarian: dolog — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Hungarian: feladat — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Icelandic: vinna — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Indonesian: kerjaan — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Indonesian: pekerjaan — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ingrian: töö — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ingrian: raae — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ingush: болх (bolx) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Irish: obair — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Irish: saothar — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Irula: வேலெ (vēle) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Istriot: lavur — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Italian: lavoro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Italian: impiego — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Italian: occupazione — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Japanese: 仕事 (shigoto) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Japanese: 労働 (rōdō) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Japanese: 職業 (shokugyō) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Japanese: ワーク (wāku) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Jeju: 일 (il) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kaingang: rãnhrãj — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kaitag: биран (biran) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kamba: wia — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kazakh: еңбек (eñbek) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kazakh: жұмыс (jūmys) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kazakh: іс (ıs) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kazakh: қызмет (qyzmet) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kazakh: шаруа (şarua) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Eastern Khanty: рӑпөта (răpøta) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Khmer: ការងារ (kaa ngiə) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kikuyu: wira — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Komi-Permyak: удж (udž) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Korean: 일 (il) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Korean: 노동 (nodong) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Korean: 로동 (rodong) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Korean: 직업 (jigeop) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Central Kurdish: کار (kar) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Central Kurdish: ئیش (îş) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Northern Kurdish: kar — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Northern Kurdish: xebat — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kyrgyz: жумуш (jumuş) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kyrgyz: иш (iş) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kyrgyz: эмгек (emgek) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Kyrgyz: кызмат (kızmat) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ladino: ovra — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ladino: lavoro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lao: ງານ (ngān) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lao: ນັກງານ (nak ngān) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lao: ແຮງງານ (hǣng ngān) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Latgalian: dorbs — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Latin: labor — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Latvian: darbs — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ligurian: travàggio — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ligurian: lou — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lingala: mosala — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lingala: bosali — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lithuanian: darbas — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Livvi: ruado — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lombard: lavor — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lombard: laur — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Luganda: okukola — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Luhya: ekasi — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Luxembourgish: Aarbecht — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Macedonian: работа (rabota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Malay: kerja — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Malayalam: ജോലി (jōli) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Malayalam: പണി (paṇi) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Maltese: xogħol — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Marathi: काम (kām) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Minangkabau: karajo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Mòcheno: òrbet — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Mongo: bosali — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Mongolian: ажил (ažil) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Mwani: kazi — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Khiamniungan Naga: yâng — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Navajo: naanish — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Neapolitan: lavoro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norman: travas — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeid — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jobb — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verk — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeid — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jobb — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verk — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Occitan: trabalh — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Odia: କାମ (kāma) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Church Slavic: работа (rabota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Church Slavic: троудъ (trudŭ) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Church Slavic: ⱃⰰⰱⱁⱅⰰ (rabota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Church Slavic: ⱅⱃⱆⰴⱏ (trudŭ) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Old East Slavic: робота (robota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Old East Slavic: трудъ (trudŭ) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Old English: weorc — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Old English: earfoþe — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Oromo: hojii — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ossetian: куыст — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Pannonian Rusyn: робота (robota) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Papiamentu: trabou — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Pashto: کار (kār) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Iranian Persian: کار (kâr) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Iranian Persian: شُغْل (šoġl) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Piedmontese: travaj — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Pijin: waka — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Pipil: tekit — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Plautdietsch: Oabeit — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Plautdietsch: Woakj — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Polish: praca — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Polish: robota — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Portuguese: trabalho — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Portuguese: emprego — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Punjabi: ਕੰਮ (kamm) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romani: butǐ — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romanian: muncă — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romanian: serviciu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romanian: ocupație — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romanian: îndeletnicire — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romansh: lavur — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Romansh: lavour — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Russian: труд (trud) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Northern Sami: bargu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Samoan: galus — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sango: kusala — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sanskrit: कर्मन् (karman) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sanskrit: कार्य (kārya) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sardinian: trabadhu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sardinian: traballu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Savosavo: aqutu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Scots: wark — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀сао — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̑д — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsao — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȃd — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Shor: иш — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sinhalese: වැඩ (wæḍa) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Slovak: práca — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Slovene: delo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Somali: shaqo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Lower Sorbian: źěło — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sotho: mosebetsi — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: trabajo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: curro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: laburo — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: chamba — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: cheje — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Spanish: trabajal — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sranan Tongo: wroko — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Swahili: kazi — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Swedish: arbete — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Swedish: jobb — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠝ (xam) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tagalog: isi — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tagalog: trabaho — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tajik: кор (kor) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tajik: шуғл (šuġl) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Talysh: ko — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tamil: வேலை (vēlai) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tat: kar — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tatar: эш (eş) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tatar: хезмәт (xezmät) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Telugu: కూలీపని (kūlīpani) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Telugu: ఉద్యోగము (udyōgamu) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Telugu: వృత్తి (vr̥tti) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tetum: serbisu — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Thai: งาน (ngaan) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tibetan: ལས་ཀ (las ka) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tigrinya: ስራሕ (səraḥ) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tongan: ngāue — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Tumbuka: nchito — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Turkish: iş — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Turkish: meslek — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Turkish: emek — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Turkmen: iş — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Turkmen: zähmet — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Udi: аш (aš) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Udi: аьш (äš) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Udmurt: уж (už) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ukrainian: робо́та (robóta) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Ukrainian: пра́ця (prácja) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Urdu: کام (kām) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uyghur: خىزمەت (xizmet) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uyghur: ئىش (ish) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uzbek: ishlash — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uzbek: mehnat — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uzbek: ish — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Uzbek: xizmat — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Venetan: laoro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Venetan: laóro — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Vietnamese: việc làm — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Vietnamese: công việc — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Votic: tüü — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Votic: töö — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Walloon: ovraedje — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Walloon: boutaedje — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Walloon: djob — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Welsh: gwaith — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Yaghnobi: арк (ark) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Yiddish: אַרבעט (arbet) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Yoruba: iṣẹ́ — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Yucatec Maya: meyaj — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zande: sunge — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zazaki: kar (diq) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zazaki: mesleg — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zazaki: gure (diq) — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zazaki: xebat — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Zhuang: gunghcoz — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • ǃXóõ: ǀgáã — labour, employment, occupation, job
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܵܐ (šula) — place where one is employed
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — place where one is employed
  • Armenian: գործ (gorc) — place where one is employed
  • Belarusian: пра́ца (práca) — place where one is employed
  • Bulgarian: ра́бота (rábota) — place where one is employed
  • Bulgarian: ра́ботно мя́сто (rábotno mjásto) — place where one is employed
  • Catalan: treball — place where one is employed
  • Catalan: feina — place where one is employed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作 (gōngzuò) — place where one is employed
  • Ndzwani Comorian: hadzi — place where one is employed
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hazi — place where one is employed
  • Czech: zaměstnání — place where one is employed
  • Czech: práce — place where one is employed
  • Danish: arbejde — place where one is employed
  • Danish: arbejdsplads — place where one is employed
  • Danish: job — place where one is employed
  • Dutch: werk — place where one is employed
  • Dutch: arbeidsplaats — place where one is employed
  • Esperanto: laborejo — place where one is employed
  • Ewe: dɔwɔƒe — place where one is employed
  • Finnish: työ — place where one is employed
  • Finnish: työpaikka — place where one is employed
  • French: travail — place where one is employed
  • Galician: traballo — place where one is employed
  • Galician: choio — place where one is employed
  • German: Arbeit — place where one is employed
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — place where one is employed
  • Hungarian: munkahely — place where one is employed
  • Irish: obair — place where one is employed
  • Italian: posto di lavoro — place where one is employed
  • Japanese: 仕事場 (shigotoba) — place where one is employed
  • Korean: 일자리 (iljari) — place where one is employed
  • Korean: 직장 (jikjang) — place where one is employed
  • Latvian: darbs — place where one is employed
  • Luganda: kumulimo — place where one is employed
  • Macedonian: ра́бота (rábota) — place where one is employed
  • Polish: praca — place where one is employed
  • Portuguese: trabalho — place where one is employed
  • Portuguese: emprego — place where one is employed
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — place where one is employed
  • Scots: wark — place where one is employed
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair — place where one is employed
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀сао — place where one is employed
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsao — place where one is employed
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — place where one is employed
  • Slovene: delo — place where one is employed
  • Lower Sorbian: źěło — place where one is employed
  • Spanish: trabajo — place where one is employed
  • Spanish: tajo — place where one is employed
  • Spanish: laburo — place where one is employed
  • Swahili: kazi — place where one is employed
  • Swedish: arbete — place where one is employed
  • Swedish: jobb — place where one is employed
  • Turkish: iş — place where one is employed
  • Ukrainian: робо́та (robóta) — place where one is employed
  • Ukrainian: пра́ця (prácja) — place where one is employed
  • Walloon: ovraedje — place where one is employed
  • Yoruba: ibi-iṣẹ́ — place where one is employed
  • Afrikaans: werk — effort expended on a particular task
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Bulgarian: ра́бота (rábota) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Bulgarian: труд (trud) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Catalan: treball — effort expended on a particular task
  • Catalan: esforç — effort expended on a particular task
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作 (gōngzuò) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Czech: práce — effort expended on a particular task
  • Danish: arbejde — effort expended on a particular task
  • Danish: job — effort expended on a particular task
  • Dutch: werk — effort expended on a particular task
  • Dutch: arbeid — effort expended on a particular task
  • Ewe: dɔwɔwɔ — effort expended on a particular task
  • Finnish: työ — effort expended on a particular task
  • French: travail — effort expended on a particular task
  • West-Frisian: wurk — effort expended on a particular task
  • West-Frisian: arbeid — effort expended on a particular task
  • Galician: traballo — effort expended on a particular task
  • Georgian: მუშაობა (mušaoba) — effort expended on a particular task
  • German: Arbeit — effort expended on a particular task
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Hindi: श्रम (śram) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Hungarian: munka — effort expended on a particular task
  • Hungarian: fáradság — effort expended on a particular task
  • Hungarian: fáradozás — effort expended on a particular task
  • Irish: obair — effort expended on a particular task
  • Italian: lavoro — effort expended on a particular task
  • Italian: impegno — effort expended on a particular task
  • Italian: fatica — effort expended on a particular task
  • Japanese: 労力 (rōryoku) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Japanese: 労働 (rōdō) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Japanese: 作業 (sagyō) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Jeju: 공력 (gongnyeok) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Korean: 노력 (noryeok) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Korean: 작업 (jageop) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Central Kurdish: ئیش (îş) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Latvian: darbs — effort expended on a particular task
  • Macedonian: работа (rabota) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Macedonian: труд (trud) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Malayalam: ജോലി (jōli) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Malayalam: അധ്വാനം (adhvānaṁ) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Mòcheno: òrbet — effort expended on a particular task
  • Khiamniungan Naga: yâng — effort expended on a particular task
  • Navajo: naanish — effort expended on a particular task
  • Neapolitan: fatica — effort expended on a particular task
  • Norman: travas — effort expended on a particular task
  • Plautdietsch: Oabeit — effort expended on a particular task
  • Polish: praca — effort expended on a particular task
  • Portuguese: trabalho — effort expended on a particular task
  • Romanian: muncă — effort expended on a particular task
  • Romanian: efort — effort expended on a particular task
  • Romanian: lucrare — effort expended on a particular task
  • Romansh: lavur — effort expended on a particular task
  • Romansh: lavour — effort expended on a particular task
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Russian: труд (trud) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Scots: wark — effort expended on a particular task
  • Scottish Gaelic: saothair — effort expended on a particular task
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair — effort expended on a particular task
  • Serbo-Croatian: рад — effort expended on a particular task
  • Serbo-Croatian: rad — effort expended on a particular task
  • Sicilian: fatica — effort expended on a particular task
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — effort expended on a particular task
  • Slovene: delo — effort expended on a particular task
  • Lower Sorbian: źěło — effort expended on a particular task
  • Spanish: trabajo — effort expended on a particular task
  • Swahili: kazi — effort expended on a particular task
  • Swedish: arbete — effort expended on a particular task
  • Telugu: శ్రమ (śrama) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Tocharian B: lāṃs — effort expended on a particular task
  • Turkish: emek — effort expended on a particular task
  • Unami: mikëmòsëwakàn — effort expended on a particular task
  • Venetan: laoro — effort expended on a particular task
  • Venetan: laóro — effort expended on a particular task
  • Yiddish: אַרבעט (arbet) — effort expended on a particular task
  • Yoruba: iṣẹ́ — effort expended on a particular task
  • Catalan: treball — result of a particular manner of production
  • Catalan: obra — result of a particular manner of production
  • Danish: arbejde — result of a particular manner of production
  • Dutch: werk — result of a particular manner of production
  • Finnish: työ — result of a particular manner of production
  • Galician: traballo — result of a particular manner of production
  • Korean: 결과 (gyeolgwa) — result of a particular manner of production
  • Korean: 작 (jak) — result of a particular manner of production
  • Latin: opus — result of a particular manner of production
  • Portuguese: obra — result of a particular manner of production
  • Russian: труд (trud) — result of a particular manner of production
  • Sicilian: opra — result of a particular manner of production
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — result of a particular manner of production
  • Spanish: obra — result of a particular manner of production
  • Spanish: trabajo — result of a particular manner of production
  • Swedish: arbete — result of a particular manner of production
  • Bulgarian: изделие (izdelie) — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Catalan: obra — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Finnish: työ — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Hungarian: munka — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Portuguese: obra — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Sicilian: opra — something produced using the specified material or tool
  • Arabic: مُصَنَّف (muṣannaf) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Arabic: مُؤَلَّف (muʔallaf) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Armenian: գործ (gorc) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Armenian: ստեղծագործություն (steġcagorcutʻyun) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Azerbaijani: əsər — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Bashkir: әҫәр (əśər) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Bulgarian: произведе́ние (proizvedénie) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Bulgarian: израбо́тка (izrabótka) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Catalan: obra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Catalan: creació — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Chinese Mandarin: 作品 (zuòpǐn) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Chinese Mandarin: 著作 (zhùzuò) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Czech: dílo — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Czech: mistrovská práce — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Danish: værk — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Dutch: werk — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Dutch: werkstuk — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Esperanto: verko — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Esperanto: verkaĵo — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Estonian: teos — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Finnish: teos — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • French: travail — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • French: œuvre — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Friulian: opare — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Galician: traballo — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Galician: obra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • German: Werk — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hebrew: מְלָאכָה (melakhá) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hindi: कृति (kŕti) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hungarian: mű — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hungarian: alkotás — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hungarian: műalkotás — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Hungarian: munka — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Indonesian: karya — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Irish: saothar — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Italian: lavoro — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Italian: opera — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Italian: creazione — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Japanese: 作品 (sakuhin) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Japanese: 著作 (chosaku) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Korean: 작품 (jakpum) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Korean: 저작 (jeojak) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Latin: opus — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Latvian: darbs — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Macedonian: де́ло (délo) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Macedonian: труд (trud) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Malay: karya — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Malayalam: കൃതി (kr̥ti) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Occitan: òbra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Polish: dzieło — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Polish: utwór — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Polish: praca — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Portuguese: obra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Portuguese: trabalho — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Romanian: operă — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Romanian: creație — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Romanian: lucrare — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Romansh: ovra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Romansh: ouvra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Russian: труд (trud) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Russian: произведе́ние (proizvedénije) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Scots: wark — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Scottish Gaelic: saothair — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Serbo-Croatian: rad — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Serbo-Croatian: djelo — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Sicilian: opra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Slovene: delo — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Spanish: obra — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Spanish: opus — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Swahili: kazi — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Swedish: verk — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Telugu: మేధాశక్తి (mēdhāśakti) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Thai: ผลงาน (pǒn-ngaan) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Turkish: eser — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Turkish: yapıt — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Uzbek: asar — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Vietnamese: tác phẩm — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Walloon: ouve — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Yiddish: ווערק (verk) — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Zazaki: vıraşte — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Zazaki: eser — literary, artistic, or intellectual production
  • Afrikaans: werk — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Bulgarian: ра́бота (rábota) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Catalan: treball — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 功 (gōng) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Cornish: oberedh — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Czech: práce — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Danish: arbejde — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Dutch: arbeid — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Finnish: työ — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • French: travail — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • West-Frisian: wurk — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Galician: traballo — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • German: Arbeit — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Greek: έργο (érgo) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Hungarian: munka — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Italian: lavoro — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Japanese: 仕事 (shigoto) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Latin: labor — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Latvian: darbs — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Macedonian: ра́бота (rábota) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Malay: kerja — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Malayalam: പ്രവൃത്തി (pravr̥tti) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Polish: praca — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Portuguese: trabalho — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Romanian: lucru mecanic — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Scottish Gaelic: saothair — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Serbo-Croatian: рад — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Serbo-Croatian: rad — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Slovene: delo — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Lower Sorbian: źěło — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Spanish: trabajo — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Swahili: kazi — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Swedish: arbete — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Tagalog: himo — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Telugu: శక్తికొద్దీ (śaktikoddī) — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Turkish: iş — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Vietnamese: công — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Welsh: gwaith — physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Catalan: treball — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Esperanto: laboro — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Finnish: työ — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • French: travail — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • West-Frisian: wurk — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • German: Arbeit — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Italian: lavoro — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Latvian: darbs — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Macedonian: ра́бота (rábota) — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Portuguese: trabalho — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Scottish Gaelic: saothair — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Serbo-Croatian: рад — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Serbo-Croatian: rad — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Sicilian: travagghiu — thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
  • Bulgarian: укрепле́ние (ukreplénie) — fortification
  • Catalan: fortificació — fortification
  • Czech: dílo — fortification
  • Danish: værk — fortification
  • Danish: forsvarsværk — fortification
  • Finnish: varustus — fortification
  • Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה (avodá) — fortification
  • Hungarian: erőd — fortification
  • Hungarian: erődítmény — fortification
  • Hungarian: védmű — fortification
  • Italian: fortificazione — fortification
  • Macedonian: утврду́вање (utvrdúvanje) — fortification
  • Portuguese: fortificação — fortification
  • Russian: укрепле́ние (ukreplénije) — fortification
  • Scots: wark — fortification
  • Spanish: obras — fortification
  • 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.
  • Bulgarian: ка́рам (káram) — to cause to feel
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to cause to feel
  • Finnish: aiheuttaa — to cause to feel
  • Romanian: lucra — to cause to feel
  • Romanian: manifesta — to cause to feel
  • Romanian: simţi — to cause to feel