werk

Verb

work (third-person singular simple present works, present participle working, simple past and past participle worked or (rare, archaic) wrought)

1. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
   • He's working in a bar.
   1. (intransitive) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
      • I work in a national park.
   2. (intransitive) Said of one's job title [with as].
      • This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 287
   3. (intransitive) Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
      • She works for Microsoft.
   4. (intransitive) General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
      • I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.
   5. (intransitive, transitive) To be employed or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
      • She works the night clubs.

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