Working

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Performing work.
  • adjective. Operating or functioning as required.
  • adjective. Having a paying job; employed.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Spent at work.
  • adjective. Taken while continuing to work.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Sufficient to allow action.
  • adjective. Adequate for practical use.
  • adjective. Serving as a basis or guide for further work.
  • noun. The manner in which something operates or functions.
  • noun. The parts of a mine or quarry that have been or are being excavated.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In forestry, the harvesting of the final yield under a working plan.
  • noun. Nautical, the condition of moving slightly or changing form under the strain of rolling: said of a vessel or any of its structural parts. See work, v. i., 9.
  • noun. Action; operation: as, the workings of fancy.
  • noun. Method of operation; doing.
  • noun. Fermentation: as, the working of yeast.
  • noun. plural The parts of a mine, quarry, or openwork in which, or near which, mining or quarrying is actually being carried on.
  • noun. The process which goes on in water when it blossoms. See work, v. i., 8.
  • Active; busy.
  • Engaged in physical toil or manual labor as a means of livelihood; laboring: as, working people. Compare working-man.
  • Connected with the carrying on of some undertaking or business: as, working expenses.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a & n. from work.
  • See Beam, n. 10.
  • the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  • See under Day, n.
  • a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings.
  • a house where work is performed; a workhouse.
  • that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of work.
  • noun. Operation; action.
  • noun. Method of operation.
  • noun. Fermentation.
  • noun. To become full of a vegetable substance.
  • adjective. That is or are functioning.
  • adjective. That suffices but requires additional work.
  • adjective. In paid employment.
  • adjective. Of or relating to employment.
  • adjective. Enough to allow one to use something.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
  • adjective. adopted as a temporary basis for further work
  • adjective. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
  • adjective. actively engaged in paid work
  • adjective. serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
  • noun. a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
    • Word Usage
    "“The editors figured, We're all working really hard, so let's put in a word that means ‘working really hard.'"
    Equivalent
    employed  functioning  impermanent  operative  practical  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    excavation  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    jerking  lurking  overworking  perking  reworking  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aspect  complexity  conception  creation  essence  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accomplishment  acetification  acidification  acidulation  act  
    variant
    work  
    verb-stem
    work  
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