WORKS

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Example: "He’s working in a bar."

To effect by gradual degrees.

Example: "He worked his way through the crowd"

To embroider with thread.

To set into action.

Example: "He worked the levers."

To cause to ferment.

To ferment.

To exhaust, by working.

Example: "The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."

To shape, form, or improve a material.

Example: "He used pliers to work the wire into shape."

To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Example: "She works the night clubs"

To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

To provoke or excite; to influence.

Example: "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."

To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Example: "She knows how to work the system."

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Example: "I cannot work a miracle."

To cause to work.

Example: "He is working his servants hard."

To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Example: "He pointed at the car and asked, "does it work"?;  he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;  my plan didn’t work"

To influence.

Example: "They worked on her to join the group."

To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

To move in an agitated manner.

Example: "A ship works in a heavy sea."

To behave in a certain way when handled

Example: "This dough does not work easily;  the soft metal works well"

(with two objects) to cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

To hurt; to ache.