Worked

adjective
1.
that has undergone working.
noun
1.
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
2.
productive or operative activity.
3.
employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a means of earning one’s livelihood:
to look for work.
4.
one’s place of employment:
Don’t phone him at work.
5.
something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking:
The students finished their work in class.
6.
materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work.
7.
the result of exertion, labor, or activity; a deed or performance.
8.
a product of exertion, labor, or activity:
musical works.
9.
Often, works. an engineering structure, as a building or bridge.
10.
a building, wall, trench, or the like, constructed or made as a means of fortification.
11.
works.

(used with a singular or plural verb) a place or establishment for manufacturing (often used in combination):
ironworks.
the working parts of a machine:
the works of a watch.
Theology. righteous deeds.

12.
Physics. force times the distance through which it acts; specifically, the transference of energy equal to the product of the component of a force that acts in the direction of the motion of the point of application of the force and the distance through which the point of application moves.
13.
the works, Informal.

everything; all related items or matters:
a hamburger with the works.
harsh or cruel treatment:
to give someone the works.

adjective
14.
of, for, or concerning work:
work clothes.
15.
shaped and planed; working.
verb (used without object), worked or (Archaic) wrought; working.
16.
to do work; labor.
17.
to be employed, especially as a means of earning one’s livelihood:
He hasn’t worked for six weeks.
18.
to be in operation, as a machine:
The water should not be disconnected while the pump is working.
19.
to act or operate effectively:
We all agree that this plan works.
20.
to attain a specified condition, as by repeated movement:
The nails worked loose.
21.
to have an effect or influence, as on a person or on the mind or feelings of a person.
22.
to move in agitation, as the features under strong emotion.
23.
to make way with effort or under stress:
The ship works to windward.
24.
Nautical. to give slightly at the joints, as a vessel under strain at sea.
25.
Machinery. to move improperly, as from defective fitting of parts or from wear.
26.
to undergo treatment by labor in a given way:
This dough works slowly.
27.
to ferment, as a liquid.
verb (used with object), worked or ( Archaic, except for 29, 31, 34 ) wrought; working.
28.
to use or manage (an apparatus, contrivance, etc.): It is easy to work the camera in this mobile device.
She can work many power tools.
29.
to bring about (any result) by or as by work or effort:
to work a change.
30.
to manipulate or treat by labor:
to work butter.
31.
to put into effective operation.
32.
to operate (a mine, farm, etc.) for productive purposes:
to work a coal mine.
33.
to carry on operations in (a district or region).
34.
to make, fashion, or execute by work.
35.
to achieve or win by work or effort:
to work one’s passage.
36.
to keep (a person, a horse, etc.) at work:
She works her employees hard.
37.
to cause a strong emotion in:
to work a crowd into a frenzy.
38.
to influence or persuade, especially insidiously:
to work other people to one’s will.
39.
Informal. to exploit (someone or something) to one’s advantage:
See if you can work your uncle for a new car. He worked his charm in landing a new job.
40.
to make or decorate by needlework or embroidery:
She worked a needlepoint cushion.
41.
to cause fermentation in.
Verb phrases
42.
work in/into,

to bring or put in; add, merge, or blend:
The tailor worked in the patch skillfully. Work the cream into the hands until it is completely absorbed.
to arrange a time or employment for:
The dentist was very busy, but said she would be able to work me in late in the afternoon. They worked him into the new operation.

43.
work off,

to lose or dispose of, as by exercise or labor:
We decided to work off the effects of a heavy supper by walking for an hour.
to pay or fulfill by working:
He worked off his debt by doing odd jobs.

44.
work on/upon, to exercise influence on; persuade; affect:
I’ll work on her, and maybe she’ll change her mind.
45.
work out,

to bring about by work, effort, or action.
to solve, as a problem.
to arrive at by or as by calculation.
to pay (a debt) by working instead of paying money.
to exhaust, as a mine.
to issue in a result.
to evolve; elaborate.
to amount to (a total or specified figure); add up (to):
The total works out to 176.
to prove effective or successful:
Their marriage just didn’t work out.
to practice, exercise, or train, especially in order to become proficient in an athletic sport:
The boxers are working out at the gym tonight.

46.
work over,

to study or examine thoroughly:
For my term paper I worked over 30 volumes of Roman history.
Informal. to beat unsparingly, especially in order to obtain something or out of revenge:
They threatened to work him over until he talked.