[
  {
    "word": "work",
    "phonetic": "/w\u025c\u02d0k/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/w\u025c\u02d0k/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/work-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9028981",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/w\u0259ik/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/work-us.ogg",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112380011"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(heading) Employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading) Effort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading) Product; the result of effort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The staging of events to appear as real.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Ore before it is dressed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Tell me you're using clean works at least."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/work"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "work",
    "phonetic": "/w\u025c\u02d0k/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/w\u025c\u02d0k/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/work-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9028981",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/w\u0259ik/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/work-us.ogg",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112380011"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He\u2019s working in a bar."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To effect by gradual degrees.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "he worked his way through the crowd"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To embroider with thread.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To set into action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He worked the levers."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to ferment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To ferment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exhaust, by working.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To shape, form, or improve a material.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He used pliers to work the wire into shape."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "she works the night clubs"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To provoke or excite; to influence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To use or manipulate to one\u2019s advantage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She knows how to work the system."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I cannot work a miracle."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to work.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is working his servants hard."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "he pointed at the car and asked, \"Does it work\"?;\u00a0 he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;\u00a0 my plan didn\u2019t work"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To influence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They worked on her to join the group."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move in an agitated manner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A ship works in a heavy sea."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave in a certain way when handled",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "this dough does not work easily;\u00a0 the soft metal works well"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hurt; to ache.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/work"
    ]
  }
]