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.

A knowledge of how to make something work without deeper theoretical understanding of why it works.

(nautical) Any of the sails which are used in most kinds of weather: mainsail, foresail, jib and/or mizzen. Sometimes referred to as the lowers.

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.