Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
File (n.) An orderly succession |
File (n.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another |
File (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference |
File (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order. |
File (n.) A roll or list. |
File (n.) Course of thought |
File (v. t.) To set in order |
File (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way |
File (v. t.) To put upon the files or among the records of a court |
File (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another |
File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. |
File (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. |
File (n.) A shrewd or artful person. |
File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file |
File (v. t.) To smooth or polish as with a file. |
File (v. t.) To make foul |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc. |
Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere. |
Tut-work (n.) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. |
Work (n.) Exertion of strength or faculties |
Work (n.) The matter on which one is at work |
Work (n.) That which is produced as the result of labor |
Work (n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor |
Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like |
Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism |
Work (n.) Manner of working |
Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg. |
Work (n.) Ore before it is dressed. |
Work (n.) Performance of moral duties |
Work (n.) To exert one's self for a purpose |
Work (n.) Hence, in a general sense, to operate |
Work (n.) Hence, figuratively, to be effective |
Work (n.) To carry on business |
Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state |
Work (n.) To make one's way slowly and with difficulty |
Work (n.) To ferment, as a liquid. |
Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic. |
Work (v. t.) To labor or operate upon |
Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor |
Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously |
Work (v. t.) To influence by acting upon |
Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn |
Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action |
Work (v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor. |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
work | activity directed toward making or doing something, she checked several points needing further work |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
occupation business job line of work line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
employment work | the occupation for which you are paid, he is looking for employment, a lot of people are out of work |
electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
police work police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
detection detecting detective work sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
spying undercover work | the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes |
mission missionary work | the organized work of a religious missionary |
scut work shitwork | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores, the hospital hired him to do scut work |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
work-in | occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory |
social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
work to rule | a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
blunt file | a file with parallel edges |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
dedicated file server | (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server |
file | a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces, used for smoothing wood or metal |
file file cabinet filing cabinet | office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order |
file folder | folder that holds papers together in a filing cabinet |
file server | (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources |
flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
non-dedicated file server | (computer science) a file server that can be used simultaneously as a workstation |
oeuvre work body of work | 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 |
rasp wood file | a coarse file with sharp pointed projections |
rat-tail file | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat |
round file | a file with a circular cross section, used to file the inside of holes |
taper file | a file with converging edges |
vertical file | a file in which records are stored upright on one edge |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
work piece of work | 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 |
workbench work bench bench | a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic |
workboard work-board | a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work |
work camp prison camp prison farm | a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects |
work in progress | a piece of work that is not yet finished |
work of art | art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) |
workplace work | a place where work is done, he arrived at work early today |
work-shirt | heavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical work |
work surface | a horizontal surface for supporting objects used in working or playing games |
worktable work table | a table designed for a particular task |
file system filing system | a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically) |