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English → English (WordNet) Definition: wrought work n 1: activity directed toward making or doing something; “she checked several points needing further work” 2: a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; “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” [syn: piece of work] 3: the occupation for which you are paid; “he is looking for employment”; “a lot of people are out of work” [syn: employment] 4: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); “mastering a second language requires a lot of work”; “no schools offer graduate study in interior design” [syn: study] 5: the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); “he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre”; “Picasso's work can be divided into periods” [syn: oeuvre, body of work] 6: a place where work is done; “he arrived at work early today” [syn: workplace] 7: (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; “work equals force times distance” [also: wrought] work v 1: exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; “I will work hard to improve my grades”; “she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor” [ant: idle] 2: be employed; “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” [syn: do work] 3: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; “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” [syn: act] 4: perform as expected when applied; “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” [syn: function, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction] 5: shape, form, or improve a material; “work stone into tools”; “process iron”; “work the metal” [syn: work on, process] 6: give a work-out to; “Some parents exercise their infants”; “My personal trainer works me hard”; “work one's muscles” [syn: exercise, work out] 7: proceed along a path; “work one's way through the crowd”; “make one's way into the forest” [syn: make] 8: operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; “She works the night clubs”; “The salesman works the Midwest”; “This artist works mostly in acrylics” 9: proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; “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” 10: move in an agitated manner; “His fingers worked with tension” 11: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; “I cannot work a miracle”; “wreak havoc”; “bring comments”; “play a joke”; “The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area” [syn: bring, play, wreak, make for] 12: cause to work; “he is working his servants hard” [syn: put to work ] 13: prepare for crops; “Work the soil”; “cultivate the land” [syn: cultivate, crop] 14: behave in a certain way when handled; “This dough does not work easily”; “The soft metal works well” 15: have and exert influence or effect; “The artist's work influenced the young painter”; “She worked on her friends to support the political candidate” [syn: influence, act upon ] 16: operate in or through; “Work the phones” 17: cause to operate or function; “This pilot works the controls”; “Can you work an electric drill?” 18: provoke or excite; “The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy” 19: gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; “the political candidate worked the crowds” 20: make something, usually for a specific function; “She molded the riceballs carefully”; “Form cylinders from the dough”; “shape a figure”; “Work the metal into a sword” [syn: shape, form, mold, mould, forge] 21: move into or onto; “work the raisins into the dough”; “the student worked a few jokes into his presentation”; “work the body onto the flatbed truck” 22: make uniform; “knead dough”; “work the clay until it is soft” [syn: knead] 23: use or manipulate to one's advantage; “He exploit the new taxation system”; “She knows how to work the system”; “he works his parents for sympathy” [syn: exploit] 24: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; “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” [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out , lick] 25: cause to undergo fermentation; “We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content”; “The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats” [syn: ferment] 26: go sour or spoil; “The milk has soured”; “The wine worked”; “The cream has turned--we have to throw it out” [syn: sour, turn, ferment] 27: arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; “The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times” [also: wrought] wrought adj : shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); “a shaped handgrip”; “the molded steel plates”; “the wrought silver bracelet” [syn: shaped, molded] wrought See work
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wrought Wrought \Wrought\, a. Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude. [1913 Webster] Wrought iron. See under Iron. [1913 Webster] Wrought \Wrought\, imp. & p. p. of Work. [1913 Webster] Alas that I was wrought [created]! --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Worked (w[^u]rkt), or Wrought (r[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Working.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken, Icel. verka, yrkja, orka, Goth. wa['u]rkjan. [root]145. See Work, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like. [1913 Webster] O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work, To match thy goodness? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you. --Ex. v. 18. [1913 Webster] Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake, Our life doth pass. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well. [1913 Webster] We bend to that the working of the heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce. [1913 Webster] We know that all things work together for good to them that love God. --Rom. viii. 28. [1913 Webster] This so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he desired to be taught. --Locke. [1913 Webster] She marveled how she could ever have been wrought upon to marry him. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 4. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil. [1913 Webster] They that work in fine flax . . . shall be confounded. --Isa. xix. 9. [1913 Webster] 5. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea. [1913 Webster] Confused with working sands and rolling waves. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 6. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth. [1913 Webster] Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportioned to each kind. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 7. To ferment, as a liquid. [1913 Webster] The working of beer when the barm is put in. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic. [1913 Webster] Purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so to do, . . . in warm weather or in a warm room. --Grew. [1913 Webster] To work at, to be engaged in or upon; to be employed in. To work to windward (Naut.), to sail or ply against the wind; to tack to windward. --Mar. Dict. [1913 Webster]

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