working

noun

1. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable)Operation; action.
2. (countable, uncountable)Method of operation.
3. (countable, uncountable)The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

   “Be sure to check your working.”

4. (countable, uncountable)Fermentation.
5. (countable, uncountable)Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
6. (countable, uncountable)A place where work is carried on.

   “the abandoned mine workings”

7. (countable)A train movement.

   “From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of work

   “Leave him alone; he’s working.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)That is or are functioning.

   “a working ventilator”

2. (not-comparable)That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.

   “a working copy of the script”

   “a working title”

3. (not-comparable)In paid employment.

   “Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.”

4. (not-comparable)Of or relating to employment.

   “the working week”

5. (not-comparable)Enough to allow one to use something.

   “have a working knowledge of computers”

6. (not-comparable)Used in real life; practical.

   “The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.”

7. (not-comparable, obsolete)Efficacious.

   “You ſee my Lord, what woorking woordes hee hath. But when you ſee his actions ſtop ^([sic – meaning top]) his ſpeech, Your ſpeech will ſtay, or ſo extol his worth, As I ſhalbe commended and excuſde For turning my poore charge to his direction.”

name

1. A surname from German.