| VERB | social | work on, work at | to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something |
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| creation | work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material |
| Meaning | To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | work at | |
| Narrower | belabor, belabour | To work at or to absurd length |
| Broader | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| Spanish | trabajar | |
| Meaning | shape, form, or improve a material. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | work, process | |
| Narrower | coldwork, cold work | shape (metal) without heat |
| 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 |
| Similar to | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
| Spanish | procesar, trabajar, transformar | |
| Catalan | processar, transformar, treballar | |
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