(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

That is or are functioning. / That suffices but requires additional work. / In paid employment. / Of or relating to employment. / Enough to allow one to use something. / Used in real life; practical.

(idiomatic) Being planned or worked upon. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: In a mechanism or machine.

A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

plural of work in its countable senses

A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens. / (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of work

simple past tense and past participle of work

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