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111work up — verb a) To raise; to excite; to stir up. He worked up the publics passions to rage. b) To develop. I shall have worked up an appetite with all this heavy work …
112work — 1. Physical and/or mental effort to achieve a result. 2. That which is accomplished when a force acts against resistance to produce motion. * * * (W) (wurk) in physics, the force applied to an object times the distance traveled in the direction… …
113Work — Used in the Apophthegmata in two senses: either as manual labour, or as spiritual exertion. These two are seen as one, but the idea of interior work predominates for the monk …
114work — See function. See function, work, job, position …
115work in — phr verb Work in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑researcher …
116work up — phr verb Work up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appetite, ↑sweat, ↑thirst …
117work up to — phr verb Work up to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑climax …
118work on — Synonyms and related words: abuse, act on, act upon, advocate, affect, apply pressure, approach, bear upon, beset, besiege, blandish, bleed, bleed white, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, concentrate on, deceive, drain, draw,… …
119work\ in — v 1. To rub in. The nurse told Mary to put some cream on her skin and to work it in gently with her fingers. 2. To slip in; mix in; put in; When Mary was planning the show, she worked a part in for her friend Susan …
120work\ up — v 1. To stir up; arouse; excite. I can t work up any interest in this book. He worked up a sweat weeding the garden. 2. To develop; originate. He worked up an interesting plot for a play …