work-effort
81work — 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… …
82work — wÉœrk /wÉœËk n. labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; place of work; creation; deed; action; effort v. labor; act; operate; activate; process; succeed; cause; manage; solve; advance with difficulty adj. of labor …
83work something up — 1》 develop or improve something gradually. 2》 develop by activity or effort. → work …
84work your fingers to the bone — to work very hard, especially doing something that involves a lot of physical effort …
85work-shy — /ˈwɜk ʃaɪ/ (say werk shuy) adjective disliking and tending to avoid work or effort of any kind; lazy …
86work — To exert one s self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to be engaged in the performance of a task, duty, or the like. The term covers all forms of physical or mental exertions, or both combined, for the attainment …
87work in — transitive verb Date: 1598 1. to insert or cause to penetrate by repeated or continued effort 2. to interpose or insinuate gradually or unobtrusively < worked in a few topical jokes > …
88work at — verb To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task …
89effort — Deliberate exertion of physical or mental power. distributed e. in psychology, learning that involves small units of work and interpolated rest periods, as contrasted with massed learning, in which the individual works continually until the skill …
90effort — Synonyms and related words: accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adventure, affair, answer, application, approach, artifice, assay, attainment, attempt, bid, blow, business, chore, commitment,… …
