Meaning & Definition of Labour in English
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Labour
/lebər/
noun
1. A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- "There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
synonym:
- labor,
- labour,
- working class,
- proletariat
2. Concluding state of pregnancy
- From the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- "She was in labor for six hours"
synonym:
- parturiency,
- labor,
- labour,
- confinement,
- lying-in,
- travail,
- childbed
3. A political party formed in great britain in 1900
- Characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
synonym:
- British Labour Party,
- Labour Party,
- Labour,
- Labor
4. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- "His labor did not require a great deal of skill"
synonym:
- labor,
- labour,
- toil
verb
1. Work hard
- "She was digging away at her math homework"
- "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
synonym:
- labor,
- labour,
- toil,
- fag,
- travail,
- grind,
- drudge,
- dig,
- moil
2. 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"
synonym:
- tug,
- labor,
- labour,
- push,
- drive
3. Undergo the efforts of childbirth
synonym:
- labor,
- labour
Examples of using
We all labour against our own cure; for death is the cure of all disease.