LABOUR
\lˈe͡ɪbə], \lˈeɪbə], \l_ˈeɪ_b_ə]\
Definitions of LABOUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
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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"
By Princeton University
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
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exert oneself, 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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Toilsome exertion of either body or mind, specially in one's calling or occupation; toil; work, or its fruit; the pangs of childbirth; trial.
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To exert muscular strength; to toil; to work hard; to exert one's powers of body or mind in the prosecution of any design; to be hard pressed; to be burdened; to pitch and roll in a heavy sea; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Exertion, bodily or mental, producing fatigue; toil; effort; the pangs and efforts of child-birth.
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To work at; to exert one's powers of body or mind; to toil; to strive; to pitch and roll, as a ship; to struggle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable;— intellectual exertion; mental effort;— work; undertaking; especially hard or difficult work;— travail; the pains of childbirth;— the action of a ship in a heavy sea;— pl. Heroic achievements;— the trials and sufferings of life.
