labor
/ˈlebər/
श्रम, प्रसव
noun
1. labour, working class, proletariat
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
2. labour, toil
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
3. parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
concluding state of pregnancy
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
4. labor movement, trade union movement
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
5. British Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labor
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900
characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
6. Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States
created in 1913
7. undertaking, project, task
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
verb
1. tug, labour, push, drive
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"
2. labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
3. labour
undergo the efforts of childbirth
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