EGAVE

works

About 103.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of work in its countable senses
  2. noun A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
    The steel works almost fills the valley.
  3. noun A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
    Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.
  4. noun Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
    I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
  5. noun Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  6. noun A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
  7. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of work

Similar words

whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole shebang plant deeds full treatment industrial plant kit and boodle whole caboodle whole kit

Often followed by

of in and on by are for with to

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