"handwork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-handwork.wav Forms: handworks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hondwerk}} Middle English hondwerk, {{inh|en|ang|handweorc|t=work done by hand; handiwork}} Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*handuwerką}} Proto-Germanic *handuwerką, {{af|en|hand|work}} hand + work, {{cog|nl|handwerk}} Dutch handwerk, {{cog|de|Handwerk}} German Handwerk, {{cog|sv|hantverk}} Swedish hantverk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handwork (countable and uncountable, plural handworks)
  1. Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: handiwork Coordinate_terms: manual labor (english: sometimes synonymous, but sometimes strenuous and unskilled rather than intricate and skilled)
    Sense id: en-handwork-en-noun-5H59tHTg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-handwork.wav Forms: handworks [present, singular, third-person], handworking [participle, present], handworked [participle, past], handworked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hondwerk}} Middle English hondwerk, {{inh|en|ang|handweorc|t=work done by hand; handiwork}} Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*handuwerką}} Proto-Germanic *handuwerką, {{af|en|hand|work}} hand + work, {{cog|nl|handwerk}} Dutch handwerk, {{cog|de|Handwerk}} German Handwerk, {{cog|sv|hantverk}} Swedish hantverk Head templates: {{en-verb}} handwork (third-person singular simple present handworks, present participle handworking, simple past and past participle handworked)
  1. (transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-handwork-en-verb-XTJCtkpb

Inflected forms

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