'To work out' definitions:
Definition of 'To work out'
From: GCIDE
- Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. t.
- 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. [1913 Webster]
- He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why they forbare to work them at that time. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth. [1913 Webster]
- Each herb he knew, that works or good or ill. --Harte. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion. "Sidelong he works his way." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains Of rushing torrents and descending rains, Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, Till by degrees the floating mirror shines. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead. "Work your royal father to his ruin." --Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine. [1913 Webster]
- Knowledge in building and working ships. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Now, Marcus, thy virtue's the proof; Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The mariners all 'gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To cause to ferment, as liquor. [1913 Webster]
- To work a passage (Naut.), to pay for a passage by doing work.
- To work double tides (Naut.), to perform the labor of three days in two; -- a phrase which alludes to a practice of working by the night tide as well as by the day.
- To work in, to insert, introduce, mingle, or interweave by labor or skill.
- To work into, to force, urge, or insinuate into; as, to work one's self into favor or confidence.
- To work off, to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting.
- To work out. (a) To effect by labor and exertion. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." --Phil. ii. 12. (b) To erase; to efface. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Tears of joy for your returning spilt, Work out and expiate our former guilt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (c) To solve, as a problem. (d) To exhaust, as a mine, by working.
- To work up. (a) To raise; to excite; to stir up; as, to work up the passions to rage. [1913 Webster]
- The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and color in their cheeks. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (b) To expend in any work, as materials; as, they have worked up all the stock. (c) (Naut.) To make over or into something else, as yarns drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes, sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish them. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To work out'
- To work at,
- To work in,
- To work into,
- To work off,
- To work up,
- Work,
- Worked,
- Workful,
- Working,
- at work,
- do work,
- in the works,
- out of work,
- work against,
- work at,
- work for,
- work in,
- work off,
- work on,
- work out,
- work over,
- work through,
- work up,
- worked up,
- working out,
- workings,
- works,
- Bantam work,
- Basket work,
- Berlin work,
- Bolster work,
- Brick works,
- Church work,
- Coal works,
- Copper works,
- Crown work,
- Day's work,
- Drawn work,
- False works,
- Finished work,
- Gatch work,
- Gingerbread work,
- Glass works,
- Hand work,
- Iron works,
- Lip work,
- Loam work,
- Louver work,
- Machine work,
- Master work,
- Mosaic work,
- Muscular work,
- Neat work,
- Nulled work,
- Print works,
- Public works,
- Purfled work,
- Random work,
- Range work,
- Reticulated work,
- Rustic work,
- Sabrina work,
- Sorrento work,
- Stream works,
- Tabernacle work,
- Table work,
- To go to work,
- To set at work,
- To set on work,
- To set to work,
- To strike work,
- To work a passage,
- To work a traverse,
- To work the goaf,
- To work the gob,
- To work to windward,
- Topiary work,
- Unit of work,
- Upper works,
- Vermicular work,
- Vermiculated work,
- Virtual work,
- Working beam,
- Working class,
- Working day,
- Working drawing,
- Working house,
- Working model,
- Working pit,
- Working point,
- Works of supererogation,
- art work,
- body of work,
- cold work,
- complete works,
- detective work,
- dirty work,
- dramatic work,
- drove work,
- electrical work,
- field work,
- intelligence work,
- line of work,
- literary work,
- missionary work,
- piece of work,
- police work,
- put to work,
- reference work,
- scut work,
- sewage works,
- social work,
- tambour work,
- undercover work,
- welfare work,
- whole works,
- work animal,
- work bench,
- work camp,
- work day,
- work flow,
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- work in progress,
- work load,
- work of art,
- work papers,
- work party,
- work permit,
- work shift,
- work shoe,
- work song,
- work stoppage,
- work study,
- work surface,
- work table,
- work time,
- work to rule,
- work toward,
- work unit,
- work well,
- work wonders,
- work-in,
- working agreement,
- working capital,
- working dog,
- working girl,
- working group,
- working man,
- working memory,
- working papers,
- working party,
- working person,
- working principle,
- working rule,
- works council,
- works covenant of,
- works good,
- works program,
- Grotto-work,
- Repouss'e work,
- To work double tides,
- Tut-work,
- Wonder-working,
- Working-day,
- dye-works,
- hot-work,
- make-work,
- pis'e work,
- work-board,
- work-clothes,
- work-clothing,
- work-shirt,
- work-shy,
- working-class,
- hot-work steel,
- sheet-metal work,
- tool-and-die work,
- work-study program,
- propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar