Labor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries (syn: labour)
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (syn: project, task, undertaking)
verb
- work hard (syn: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, toil, travail)
- undergo the efforts of childbirth (syn: labour)
Extra examples
A day's labor should get the job done.
Getting the job done will require many hours of difficult labor.
He rested from his labors.
The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor.
The proposed new law is opposed by organized labor.
She went into labor this morning.
She has been in labor for several hours.
She began to have labor pains this morning.
She had a difficult labor.
Workers labored in the vineyard.
He labored for several years as a miner.
She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal.
We should honor those who labored so long to make the truth known.
The truck labored up the hill.
I have been laboring through this book for months.
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