Noun
1. activity
2. piece of work
3. product, production, employment
4. occupation, business, job, line of work, line, study
5. learning, acquisition, oeuvre
6. body of work, end product, output, workplace
7. geographic point, geographical point, energy
Verb
1. do work
2. act
3. succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, function
4. operate, go, run, work on
5. process, transform, transmute, transubstantiate, exercise
6. work out, put to work, make
7. pass, go through, go across, go
8. proceed, move, move
9. displace, bring
10. play, wreak, make for, make, create, put to work
11. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ, cultivate
12. crop, fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set, be
13. influence
14. act upon, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch, operate
15. run, manage
16. deal, care, handle, stimulate
17. excite, stir, capture
18. enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant, shape
19. form, mold, mould, forge, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, move
20. displace, knead
21. manipulate, exploit
22. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ, solve
23. work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, understand, ferment
24. convert, sour
25. turn, ferment, change state, turn, become
26. go, get
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