la·bor
la·bor/ˈlābər/
noun
- work, especially hard physical work."the price of repairs includes labor and parts"Synonyme: work, toil, employment, exertion, industry, industriousness, toiling, hard work, hard labor, drudgery, effort, the sweat of one's brow, donkey work, menial work, slog, grind, sweat, elbow grease, graft, travail, moil, task, job, chore, undertaking, mission, commission, assignment
- (in the UK or Canada) the Labour Party."the Labour leader"
- the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery."his wife is in labor"Synonyme: childbirth, birth, birthing, delivery, nativity, contractions, labor pains, labor pangs, labor throes, parturition, confinement, accouchement, lying-in, childbed, travail
verb
- work hard; make great effort."they labored from dawn to dusk"Synonyme: work (hard), toil, slave (away), grub away, plod away, grind away, sweat away, struggle, strive, exert oneself, overwork, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog/slave, slog away, kill oneself, plug away, put one's back into something, peg away, graft, drudge, travail, moil
- have difficulty in doing something despite working hard."Coley labored against confident opponents"Synonyme: strive, struggle, endeavor, work, try hard, make every effort, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give (it/something) one's all, go all out, fight, push, be at pains, put oneself out, apply oneself, exert oneself, bend/fall/lean over backwards, give it one's best shot, pull out all the stops
- (of a woman in childbirth) be in labor."she labored very well and comfortably because she was relaxed"
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