working

«working» in Mova's judaism dictionary: doing a job, or doing its job right — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (form of work); adjective (working); noun (the working, workings)

meaning for a pupil

1) Working means doing a job, or doing its job right. tree →

2) A working machine is one that is not broken. tree →

3) The working, or working out, of a maths problem is the steps written down. tree →

4) Working people have jobs; working hours are the hours of a job. tree →

5) A working model really moves or runs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: people working (time and pay); machines that work versus broken ones; «show your working» — the steps written down. In everyday life: working parents, working hours, a working lift, a working holiday. Phrases: «working hours», «in working order», «show your working», «hard-working».

examples

• Each working after its own way, physically and spiritually. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• walking, seeing, hearing, working, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, swallowing and laughing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (Writings PSA.52.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. (Writings PSA.74.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• 5 people are working on the house. tree →
• Only 8 of the 10 lamps are working. tree →
• After working 4 hours she stopped. tree →
• The working shows each step. tree →
• Show your working, not just the answer. tree →
• Our science group built a working volcano. tree →
• The lift is not working, so use the stairs. tree →
• She is very hard-working and always finishes her tasks. tree →
• "I wonder you'd be working on the holiday!" said Tom. tree →

note

«Show your working» (UK) = «show your work» (US). Maths: «working» things are the good part (total − broken). The «working» of a problem is the steps written down — no number by itself.

In the corpora

• Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
• Night shifts mean working through the night and sleeping in the day; nurses, drivers, bakers and warehouse workers often do them.
• Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.
• At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «working» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.