Werk vs. Work: Decoding the Right Spelling

A piece of art, literature, or music.

The result or product of labor.

Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something

Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment

A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood

The part of a day devoted to an occupation or undertaking

One's place of employment

Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task

An amount of such activity either done or required

The action or effect of an agency

Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing

An act; a deed

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, or literary or musical composition, or a creative result of other human activity

Works The output of a writer, artist, or composer considered or collected as a whole

Works Engineering structures, such as bridges or dams.

A fortified structure, such as a trench or fortress.

Needlework, weaving, lacemaking, or a similar textile art.

A piece of such textile art.

A material or piece of material being processed in a machine during manufacture

Works (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A factory, plant, or similar building or complex of buildings where a specific type of business or industry is carried on. Often used in combination

Works Internal mechanism

The manner, style, or quality of working or treatment; workmanship.

Abbr. w(Physics) The transfer of energy from one physical system to another, especially the application of a force to move a body in a certain direction. It is calculated as the product of the force and the distance over which it is applied and is expressed in joules, ergs, and foot-pounds.

Works Moral or righteous acts or deeds

(Informal) The full range of possibilities; everything. Used with the

(Slang) A thorough beating or other severe treatment. Used with the

Of, relating to, designed for, or engaged in work.

To exert oneself physically or mentally in order to do, make, or accomplish something.

To be employed; have a job.

To function; operate

To function or operate in the desired or required way

To have a given effect or outcome

To have the desired effect or outcome; prove successful

To exert an influence. Used with on or upon

To arrive at a specified condition through gradual or repeated movement

To proceed or progress slowly and laboriously

To move in an agitated manner, as with emotion

To behave in a specified way when handled or processed

To ferment.

To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack. Used of a boat or ship.

To sail against the wind.

To undergo small motions that result in friction and wear

To cause or effect; bring about

To cause to operate or function; actuate, use, or manage

To shape or forge

To make or decorate by needlework

To solve (a problem) by calculation and reasoning.

To knead, stir, or otherwise manipulate in preparation

To bring to a specified condition by gradual or repeated effort or work

To make, achieve, or pay for by work or effort

(Informal) To arrange or contrive. Often used with it

To make productive; cultivate

To cause to work

To excite or provoke

To gratify, cajole, or enchant artfully, especially for the purpose of influencing

To use or manipulate to one's own advantage; exploit

To carry on an operation or function in or through

To ferment (liquor, for example).

Employment.

Labour, occupation, job.

The place where one is employed.

(by extension) One's employer.

(dated) A factory; a works.

Effort.

Effort expended on a particular task.

Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.

Something on which effort is expended.

(physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.

A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.

(heading) Product; the result of effort.

The result of a particular manner of production.

Something produced using the specified material or tool.

(countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.

(countable) A fortification.

The staging of events to appear as real.

(mining) Ore before it is dressed.

The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

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

Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.

Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.

(intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees;

(transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.

(transitive) To embroider with thread.

(transitive) To set into action.

(transitive) To cause to ferment.

(intransitive) To ferment.

(transitive) To exhaust, by working.

(transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.

(transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

(transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

(transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.

(transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

(transitive) To cause to work.

(intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

To influence.

(intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.

(intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled

To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

To hurt; to ache.

To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.

The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.

That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.

Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.

Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.

The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.

Ore before it is dressed.

Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.

Break; twist.

The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.

To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.

Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.

Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.

To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.

To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.

To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; - with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.

To ferment, as a liquid.

To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.

To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

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.

To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.

To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.

To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.

To cause to ferment, as liquor.

Activity directed toward making or doing something;

A product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing;

The occupation for which you are paid;

Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading);

The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it);

A place where work is done;

(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force;

Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity;

Be employed;

Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

Perform as expected when applied;

Shape, form, or improve a material;

Give a work-out to;

Proceed along a path;

Operate in a certain place, area, or specialty;

Proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity;

Move in an agitated manner;

Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence;

Cause to work;

Prepare for crops;

Behave in a certain way when handled;

Have and exert influence or effect;

Operate in or through;

Cause to operate or function;

Provoke or excite;

Gratify and charm, usually in order to influence;

Make something, usually for a specific function;

Move into or onto;

Make uniform;

Use or manipulate to one's advantage;

Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;

Cause to undergo fermentation;

Go sour or spoil;

Arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion;

A job or profession.

Exertion to achieve something.

Functioning of machines or devices.