The effort of performing or doing something.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
A way of motion or functioning.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
Fast-paced activity.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Sexual intercourse.
Combat.
spin put on the bowling ball.
The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
arrogant
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
effort expended on a particular task.
The staging of events to appear as real.
The result of a particular manner of production.
Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Ore before it is dressed.
A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Something produced using the specified material or tool.
One's employer.
Something on which effort is expended.
The place where one is employed.
A fortification.
A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
labour, occupation, job.
To embroider with thread.
To cause to ferment.
To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
To shape, form, or improve a material.
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
Followed by as. Said of one's job title
To behave in a certain way when handled
To exhaust, by working.
Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
To ferment.
To set into action.
Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
To provoke or excite; to influence.
To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
To cause to work.
To effect by gradual degrees;
To influence.
To move in an agitated manner.
To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
To effect by gradual degrees.
To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.