Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
To make sense of.
To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise.
To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
To conclude with the correct solution.
To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
To smooth or perfect.
To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
To calculate.
To work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest.