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labor

('l/eI/b/@/r )

noun (n)

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages(noun.group)

Example:
There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field.

Synonym:
labour, proletariat, working class

source: wordnet30
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)(noun.act)

Example:
His labor did not require a great deal of skill.

Synonym:
labour, toil

source: wordnet30
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child(noun.state)

Example:
She was in labor for six hours.

Synonym:
childbed, confinement, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail

source: wordnet30
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement(noun.group)

Synonym:
labor movement, trade union movement

source: wordnet30
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries(noun.group)

Synonym:
british labour party, labour, labour party

source: wordnet30
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913(noun.group)

Synonym:
department of labor, dol, labor department

source: wordnet30
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted(noun.act)

Synonym:
project, task, undertaking

source: wordnet30
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.(noun)

source: webster1913
A stope or set of stopes.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

strive and make an effort to reach a goal(verb.social)

Synonym:
drive, labour, push, tug

source: wordnet30
work hard(verb.social)

Synonym:
dig, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, toil, travail

source: wordnet30
undergo the efforts of childbirth(verb.body)

Synonym:
labour

source: wordnet30
To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.(verb)

source: webster1913
To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.(verb)

source: webster1913

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