Works
/wɜːks/
noun
(heading) Employment.
(heading) Effort.
Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
“We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.”
verb
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
“He’s working in a bar.”
To effect by gradual degrees.
“he worked his way through the crowd”
To embroider with thread.
noun
A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
“A stray wrench can really gum up the works.”
A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
“The steel works almost fills the valley.”
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
“I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.”