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labour:

labour [the ~] noun, British

  1. the labour
    the labour; the chore; the task; the workpiece; the working; the duties; the work; the labor
  2. the labour
    – productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 1
    the labour; the labor; the toil
    – productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 1
    • labour [the ~] noun, British
    • labor [the ~] noun, American
      • his labor did not require a great deal of skill1
    • toil [the ~] noun
  3. the labour
    – any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted 1
    the labour; the labor; the task; the project; the undertaking
    – any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted 1
  4. the labour
    – a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages 1
    the labour; the labor; the proletariat; the working class
    – a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages 1
  5. the labour
    – an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement 1
    the labour; the labor; the trade union movement; the labor movement
    – an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement 1
  6. the labour
    – concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child 1
    the labour; the labor; the confinement; the childbed; the travail; the lying-in; the parturiency
    – concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child 1

to labour verb, British

  1. to labour
    to work; to labor; to do; to labour
    • work verb (works, worked, working)
    • labor verb, American (labors, labored, laboring)
    • do verb (does, did, doing)
    • labour verb, British
  2. labour
    – undergo the efforts of childbirth 1
    labour; to labor
    – undergo the efforts of childbirth 1
    • labour verb, British
    • labor verb, American (labors, labored, laboring)
  3. labour
    – strive and make an effort to reach a goal 1
    labour; to drive; to labor; to push; to tug
    – strive and make an effort to reach a goal 1
    • labour verb, British
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
      • She is driving away at her doctoral thesis1
    • labor verb, American (labors, labored, laboring)
    • push verb (pushes, pushed, pushing)
      • We have to push a little to make the deadline!1
    • tug verb (tugs, tugged, tugging)
      • She tugged for years to make a decent living1
  4. labour
    – work hard 1
    labour; to labor; to grind; to dig; to toil; to drudge; travail; fag; moil
    – work hard 1
    • labour verb, British
    • labor verb, American (labors, labored, laboring)
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
    • dig verb (digs, dug, digging)
      • She was digging away at her math homework1
    • toil verb (toils, toiled, toiling)
    • drudge verb (drudges, drudged, drudging)
      • Lexicographers drudge all day long1
    • travail verb
    • fag verb
    • moil verb

labour British

  1. labour
    labour; labor
  2. labour
    occupation; labour; labor

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Related Definitions for "labour":

  1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)1
  2. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages1
  3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child1
  4. undergo the efforts of childbirth1
  5. strive and make an effort to reach a goal1
  6. work hard1

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