work over

English - Turkish

Definition of work over in English Turkish dictionary: değişiklik yapmak; bir daha yapmak; hırpalamak; üstünden geçmek; pataklamak
over work: fazla çalışma
work s.o. over: {k} birini iyice tartaklamak
work s.o. over: {k} birini çok dövmek, birinin pestilini çıkarmak
work overs: iş eylemi
examine thoroughly: derinlemesine irdelemek

English - English

Definition of work over in English English dictionary: To physically attack in order to cause injury
He'll talk, once we work him over.; To improve a prototype, or first draft
The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.; colloq. beat up or violently attack (a person); examine thoroughly; give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
workover: Operations on a producing well to restore or increase production
workover: The process whereby a completed production well is subsequently re-entered and any necessary cleaning, repair and maintenance work done
workover: An indicator of whether the platform operations are in the workover status
workover: any of several remedial operations performed on a producing well in an attempt to restore or increase production Sand or liner removal, casing repair, acidizing, fracture stimulation, cementing, deeper drilling, recompletion to a different producing zone or stratum, and sidetracking are some examples of workover operations
workover: To clean out or work on a well to restore or increase production

work over

Turkish pronunciation

wırk ōvır

Synonyms

polish, rework, beat up

Pronunciation

/ˈwərk ˈōvər/ /ˈwɜrk ˈoʊvɜr/

Etymology

[ 'w&rk ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varandzem activity.