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Webster 1913 Edition
Working
Work′ing
,a &
from Noun.
Work
. The word must cousin be to the
working
. Chaucer.
Working beam
. See 10.
– Beam
, Noun.
Working class
, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; – chiefly used in the plural.
– Working day
. See under
– Day
, Noun.
Working drawing
, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings.
– Working house
, a house where work is performed; a workhouse.
– Working point
(Mach.)
, that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.
Webster 1828 Edition
Working
WORKING
,ppr.
WORKING
,Noun.
1.
Motion; the act of laboring.2.
Fermentation.3.
Movement; operation; as the workings of fancy.Definition 2024
working
working
English
Noun
working (plural workings)
- (chiefly in the plural) Operation; action.
- Method of operation.
- Fermentation.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
Translations
operation; action
method of operation
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becoming full of a vegetable substance
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Etymology 2
From work + -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).
Verb
working
- present participle of work
- Leave him alone; he's working.
Adjective
working (not comparable)
- That is or are functioning.
- a working ventilator
- That suffices but requires additional work.
- a working copy of the script
- In paid employment.
- working mothers
- Of or relating to employment.
- the working week
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- a working knowledge of computers
Synonyms
- (functioning): functioning; up (mainly used of computers)
- (that suffices but requires further work): draft, provisional, temporary
- (in paid employment): employed, in employment
- (of or relating to employment): work
- (enough to allow one to use something): basic
Antonyms
- (functioning): broken, broken-down, down (mainly used of computers)
Translations
functioning
suffices but requires additional work
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in paid employment
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Related terms
References
- working in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911