labour Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
working class; proletariat; labor.
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
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noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
travail; lying-in; childbed; labor; parturiency; confinement.
- she was in labor for six hours
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noun a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Labour Party; British Labour Party; Labor.
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noun productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
toil; labor.
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
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verb work hard
moil; travail; dig; grind; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
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verb strive and make an effort to reach a goal
push; drive; labor; tug.
- 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
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verb undergo the efforts of childbirth
labor.