labor

Definitions of labor in various dictionaries:

noun - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

noun - productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

noun - concluding state of pregnancy

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

noun - a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900

noun - the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States

noun - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

verb - strive and make an effort to reach a goal

verb - work hard

verb - undergo the efforts of childbirth

Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.

Something produced by work.

A specific task.

A particular form of work or method of working: manual labor.

Work for wages.

Workers considered as a group.

The trade union movement, especially its officials.

The physical efforts of childbirth; parturition.

To work; toil: labored in the fields.

To strive painstakingly: labored over the needlepoint.

To proceed with great effort; plod: labored up the hill.

Nautical.

To suffer from distress or a disadvantage: labored under the misconception that others were cooperating.

To undergo the efforts of childbirth.

To deal with in exhaustive or excessive detail; belabor: labor a point in the argument.

To distress; burden: I will not labor you with trivial matters.

Of or relating to labor.

verb - to exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose