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DO WORK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be employed
Example:
She works as a waitress to put herself through college
Synonyms:
do work; work
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Verb group:
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
put to work; work (cause to work)
work (operate in a certain place, area, or specialty)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do work"):
serve (do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function)
bank (be in the banking business)
fill; occupy; take (assume, as of positions or roles)
drive (work as a driver)
tinker (work as a tinker or tinkerer)
serve (do military service)
blackleg; fink; rat; scab (take the place of work of someone on strike)
dig; drudge; fag; grind; labor; labour; moil; toil; travail (work hard)
farm (be a farmer; work as a farmer)
moonlight (work a second job, usually after hours)
job (work occasionally)
man (take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place)
break one's back; buckle down; knuckle down; slave (work very hard, like a slave)
subcontract (work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract)
turn a trick (have a customer, of a prostitute)
freelance (work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
