English > work on: 2 senses > verb 2, creation| Meaning | shape, form, or improve a material. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | work, process |
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| Narrower | coldwork, cold work | shape (metal) without heat |
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| hot-work | Roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot |
| overwork | Use too much |
| rack | Work on a rack / rack |
| rework, make over, retread | Use again in altered form |
| till | Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
| tool | Work with a tool |
| Broader | transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
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| Similar to | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
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| Spanish | procesar, trabajar, transformar |
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| Catalan | processar, transformar, treballar |
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