working : Idioms & Phrases

• . See Beam, n. 10.

Webster 1913

• noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  labour; proletariat; labor.
  
  • there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

WordNet

• the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; chiefly used in the plural.

Webster 1913

• noun a day on which work is done
  workday; work day.
  
• noun the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
  workday.
  
  • they work an 8-hour day

WordNet

• . See under Day, n.

Webster 1913

• a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings.

Webster 1913

• a house where work is performed; a workhouse.

Webster 1913

• (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.

Webster 1913