working

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Work Source: opted

2. a & n. from Work. Source: opted

3. adj. actively engaged in paid work Source: wordnet

4. adj. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something Source: wordnet

5. adj. adopted as a temporary basis for further work Source: wordnet

6. adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing Source: wordnet

7. adj. serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity Source: wordnet

8. n. a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked Source: wordnet

9. a & n. from Work. The word must word/class">class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/cousin">cousin be to the working. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/chaucer">Chaucer. Working beam. See Beam, n. 10. -- 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, n. -- 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. Source: webster

10. a & n. from Work.The word must word/class">class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/cousin">cousin be to the working. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/chaucer">Chaucer.Working beam. See Beam, n. 10.-- Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manuallabor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; --chiefly used in the plural.-- Working day. See under Day, n.-- Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of astructure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to befollowed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general ordetail drawings.-- Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse.-- Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effectrequired; the point where the useful work is done. Source: adambom

11. j:83/n:17 n. a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked s. actively engaged in paid work s. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something s. adopted as a temporary basis for further work Source: ecdict

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