labor

Noun

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  • he prepared for great undertakings
    

• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
  • she was in labor for six hours
    

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  • his labor did not require a great deal of skill
    

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  • there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
    

Verb

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

• work hard
  • She was digging away at her math homework
    
  • Lexicographers drudge all day long
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  undertaking , project , task , Department of Labor , Labor Department , Labor , DoL , British Labour Party , Labour Party , Labour , labor movement , trade union movement , parturiency , labour , confinement , lying-in , travail , childbed , toil , working class , proletariat , fag , grind , drudge , d