(usually in the plural) Operation; action. / Method of operation. / (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. / Fermentation.

present participle of work

Labour, occupation, job. / The place where one is employed. / (by extension) One's employer. / (dated) A factory; a works. / Effort expended on a particular task.

Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business). / Followed by as. Said of one's job title

Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree. / Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour. / Decorated or embellished; embroidered.

simple past tense and past participle of work

The quality, condition, or state of being workful; employment.

Denoting a craft involving a particular material or tool / Denoting a structure or work of art crafted chiefly from a given material / Denoting the structure or mechanism of a given object.

(transitive) To find time or space for, amid other things. / (transitive) To work out using a machine in between the sets of someone who is already using that machine.

A surname.