Works

/wɜːks/ · noun

Meaning

plural of work in its countable senses.

Definitions by Sense

1. plural of work in its countable senses
2. A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
3. A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
4. (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
5. (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
6. (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
7. third-person singular simple present indicative of work

Example Sentences

The steel works almost fills the valley.

In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.

Something clicked in his throat, as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike.

I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

My my they wanted the works, can you this and that / I never got a letter back

You like this? Limousine, champagne, the works. I'd get you on MTV, a national tour. Sponsorship. You name it.

Why did Constantinople get the works?

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