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labor

/ labor /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Type of:
work
Kinds of:
roping corvee drudgery plodding grind
Derived:
labour toil fag travail grind
verb Sense 2
undergo the efforts of childbirth
Type of:
experience receive have
Derived:
parturiency labour confinement lying-in travail
Entails:
give birth deliver bear
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Type of:
work do work
Derived:
drudge peon navvy galley slave hack
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 4
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Type of:
class social class socio-economic class
Kinds of:
labor force labor pool
noun Sense 5
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
Type of:
parturition birth giving birth
Kinds of:
premature labor premature labour
Has parts:
pregnancy gestation maternity
Derived:
labour
verb Sense 6
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
"She tugged for years to make a decent living"
"We have to push a little to make the deadline!"
"She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
Type of:
fight struggle
Kinds of:
strive reach strain
Derived:
campaign cause crusade drive movement
Verb group:
push bear on
See also:
press on push on plough on
Usage Patterns:
Something is ----ing PP
noun Sense 7
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Type of:
executive department
noun Sense 8
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
Type of:
reform movement
Kinds of:
Industrial Workers of the World IWW I.W.W. unionism trade unionism
noun Sense 9
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor''s interests and the socialization of key industries
Type of:
party political party
noun Sense 10
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
Type of:
work
Kinds of:
cinch breeze picnic snap duck soup
Derived:
labour toil fag travail grind
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
78
Times Searched
3
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work roping corvee drudgery plodding grind experience receive have do work class social class