(chiefly US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.

(idiomatic, chiefly US) Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.

the process of accompanying and observing someone at work in order to train or to obtain insight

a man with whom a person has a platonic intimacy at work

a woman with whom a person has a platonic intimacy at work.

(informal) A platonic intimacy between two people (often a man and a woman) who work at the same workplace.

Alternative form of latticework

Attributive use of work in progress as adjective.

(idiomatic) Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.

(idiomatic) A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.