job
(noun) a damaging piece of work; âdry rot did the job of destroying the barnâ; âthe barber did a real job on my hairâ
job
(noun) the performance of a piece of work; âshe did an outstanding job as Opheliaâ; âhe gave it up as a bad jobâ
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; âheâs not in my line of businessâ
job
(noun) the responsibility to do something; âit is their job to print the truthâ
job, task, chore
(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; âestimates of the cityâs loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollarsâ; âthe job of repairing the engine took several hoursâ; âthe endless task of classifying the samplesâ; âthe farmerâs morning choresâ
caper, job
(noun) a crime (especially a robbery); âthe gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louisâ
job
(noun) a workplace; as in the expression âon the jobâ
job
(noun) an object worked on; a result produced by working; âhe held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his rightâ
Job, Book of Job
(noun) a book in the Old Testament containing Jobâs pleas to God about his afflictions and Godâs reply
job
(noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
Job
(noun) any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
Job
(noun) a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
problem, job
(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; âshe and her husband are having problemsâ; âit is always a job to contact himâ; âurban problems such as traffic congestion and smogâ
speculate, job
(verb) invest at a risk; âI bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculatingâ
job
(verb) work occasionally; âAs a student I jobbed during the semester breaksâ
subcontract, farm out, job
(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others
job
(verb) profit privately from public office and official business
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Job
(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
A male given name from Hebrew
A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.
Job (plural Jobs)
A person who shows remarkable patience.
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job (plural jobs)
A task.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
(colloquial) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
• Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.
job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)
(intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
(intransitive) To work as a jobber.
(intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
(transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
(transitive, often, with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
(intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To hire or let in periods of service.
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Source: Wiktionary
Job, n. Etym: [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.]
1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.]
Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. By the job, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job.
– Job lot, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
– Job master, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] -- Job printer, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
– Odd job, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people.
Job, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.]
1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L'Estrange.
2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Moxon.
3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
4. (Com.)
Definition: To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. Thackeray.
Job, v. i.
1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. Authors of all work, to job for the season. Moore.
2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. And judges job, and bishops bite the town. Pope.
3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Job, n.
Definition: The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.] -- Job's news, bad news. Carlyle.
– Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
