Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame (v. t.) To originate |
Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame (v. t.) To cause |
Frame (v. t.) To support. |
Frame (v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame (v. i.) To shape |
Frame (v. i.) To proceed |
Frame (n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame (n.) The bodily structure |
Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame (n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame (n.) Form |
Frame (n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame (n.) Contrivance |
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. |
Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power. |
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 |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
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 |
frame-up setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
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 |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
frame framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
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 |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
skeleton skeletal frame frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
tambour embroidery frame embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
walker Zimmer Zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles, helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
window frame | the framework that supports a window |
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 |