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Grammar : Verb
Spell : wurk
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk



Definition of work over

Origin :
  • Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
  • Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
  • In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
  • As in inculcate : verb implant, infuse information
  • As in indoctrinate : verb brainwash
  • As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
  • As in inveigh : verb blame, denounce
  • As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
  • As in maul : verb mangle, abuse
  • As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
  • As in assault : verb attack
  • As in persuade : verb cause to believe; convince to do
  • As in pressure : verb bother, urge
  • As in question : verb ask for answer
  • As in reconsider : verb think about again
  • As in thrash : verb flail about; beat
  • As in besiege : verb surround; assault
  • As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
  • As in propagandize : verb indoctrinate
  • As in reevaluate : verb reconsider
  • As in rethink : verb reconsider
  • As in sweet-talk : verb flatter
  • As in thresh : verb thrash
  • As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
  • As in debrief : verb question
  • As in defeat : verb conquer in athletic contest
  • As in flatter : verb compliment excessively
  • As in hurt : verb cause mental pain
Example sentences :
  • Sometimes he packed clumsily, and she was obliged to do his work over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You can work over Arlt till the crack of doom, and that's all the good it will do him.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Every day she hoped that she might be called, longing to get the hateful piece of work over.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • This, then, was the meaning of the masons at work over there since yesterday.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various
  • But there were wilder spirits at work over which he had little control.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • He actually was to turn his work over to another man to finish.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • With an intensified interest, the coach resumed his work over Ashley.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • I have already spent in my work over a million dollars of my own money.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • The women who are made to work over hours—they want the vote.
  • Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
  • Max, we've just got to work over to the house and help them.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie

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