Definitions
How to pronounce working:
Working - as a noun
Working - as an adjective satellite
Actively engaged in paid work
Example: "The working population"
Adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
Example: "The party has a working majority in the house"
Adopted as a temporary basis for further work
Example: "A working draft"
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
Example: "In running (or working) order"
Serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
Example: "Discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"
Working - as a verb
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
Example: "He’s working in a bar."
To effect by gradual degrees.
Example: "He worked his way through the crowd"
To embroider with thread.
To set into action.
Example: "He worked the levers."
To cause to ferment.
To ferment.
To exhaust, by working.
Example: "The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."
To shape, form, or improve a material.
Example: "He used pliers to work the wire into shape."
To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
Example: "She works the night clubs"
To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
To provoke or excite; to influence.
Example: "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."
To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
Example: "She knows how to work the system."
To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
Example: "I cannot work a miracle."
To cause to work.
Example: "He is working his servants hard."
To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
Example: "He pointed at the car and asked, "does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work"
To influence.
Example: "They worked on her to join the group."
To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
To move in an agitated manner.
Example: "A ship works in a heavy sea."
To behave in a certain way when handled
Example: "This dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well"
(with two objects) to cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
To hurt; to ache.
Working - as an adjective
That is or are functioning.
Example: "A working ventilator"
That suffices but requires additional work.
Example: "A working copy of the script"
In paid employment.
Example: "Working mothers"
Of or relating to employment.
Example: "The working week"
Enough to allow one to use something.
Example: "A working knowledge of computers"
Used in real life; practical.
Example: "The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
WORKING has a SCRABBLE points total of 15.
WORKING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 17.
WORKING has a WORDFEUD points total of 16.
