labour

Noun

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

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

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

• 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

• 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
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  labor , toil , British Labour Party , Labour Party , Labour , Labor , parturiency , confinement , lying-in , travail , childbed , working class , proletariat , tug , push , drive , fag , grind , drudge , dig , moil