Definition of "works"

works

/wɜːks/

noun
1. plural of work in its countable senses
noun
plural works
1. A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  Quotations
  In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
noun
plural only
1. A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
2. (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  Quotations
  My my they wanted the works, can you this and that / I never got a letter back
  1974, Brian Eno (lyrics and music), “Dead Finks Don't Talk”, in Here Come the Warm Jets
  You like this? Limousine, champagne, the works. I'd get you on MTV, a national tour. Sponsorship. You name it.
  1985, Ralph Farquhar, Krush Groove, spoken by Terri Beiker (Charles Stettler)
3. (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  Quotations
  Why did Constantinople get the works?
  1953, “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”, Jimmy Kennedy (lyrics)
  It's not, really, but I didn't want consolation. I wanted the works, and I got it, too.
  1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, page 161
4. (slang) A drug addict's equipment: syringe, needle, etc.
  Quotations
  While in San Francisco, where the AIDS crisis was particularly devastating, they saw numerous public awareness signs reading “Bleach Your Works” posted around the city, urging IV drug users to clean their needles with bleach to help staunch the spread of the disease.
  2009, Gillian G. Gaar, The Rough Guide to Nirvana‎, Rough Guides UK
verb
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of work

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