work on
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something
the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
shape, form, or improve a material
work stone into tools
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belabor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | viable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | shape |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | transform |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot-work |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coldwork |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overwork |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retread |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | till |