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labour

/ labour /

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:

labor toil fag travail grind

noun Sense 2

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 3

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

verb Sense 4

undergo the efforts of childbirth

Type of:

experience receive have

Derived:

parturiency labor confinement lying-in travail

Entails:

give birth deliver bear

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 5

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 6

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:

labor

verb Sense 7

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

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work roping corvee drudgery plodding grind class social class socio-economic class labor force labor pool party