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Definition of 'work at'

verb

To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold" [syn: work at, work on]

Synonyms of 'work at'

From: Moby Thesaurus

be employed,
carry on,
carry on business,
conduct,
do,
do business,
employ,
engage in,
exercise,
follow,
follow a trade,
go in for,
have a job,
keep up,
labor,
moonlight,
practice,
practice a profession,
prosecute,
pursue,
set up shop,
specialize in,
stay employed,
tackle,
take on,
take to,
take up,
toil,
transact business,
undertake,
use,
wage,
work,
work for

Words containing 'work at'

To work at,
To work in,
To work into,
To work off,
To work out,
To work up,
Work,
Worked,
Workful,
Working,
at work,
do work,
in the works,
out of work,
work against,
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,
work force,
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

'work at' definitions:

Definition of 'work at'

Synonyms of 'work at'

Words containing 'work at'