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| 1. | [ noun ] (work,sociology) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | |
| Synonyms: | labor proletariat working_class | |
| Examples: | "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" |
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| Related terms: | class labor_force prole | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology,obstetrics) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child | |
| Synonyms: | confinement parturiency lying-in travail childbed labor | |
| Examples: | "she was in labor for six hours" |
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| Related terms: | parturition premature_labor pregnancy effacement asynclitism uterine_contraction | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (politics) a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries | |
| Synonyms: | Labor_Party Labor Labour_Party | |
| Related terms: | party Labourite | |
| 4. | [ verb ] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal | |
| Synonyms: | labor push drive tug | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | fight strive press_on push undertaking labor campaign laborer | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (work) work hard | |
| Synonyms: | toil grind labor moil travail dig drudge fag | |
| Examples: | "She was digging away at her math homework" "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
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| Related terms: | work undertaking labor effort laborer drudgery drudge swot | |
| 6. | [ verb ] undergo the efforts of childbirth | |
| Synonyms: | labor | |
| Related terms: | experience give_birth | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (work) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | |
| Synonyms: | labor toil | |
| Examples: | "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
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| Related terms: | work effort drudgery manual_labor hunt hackwork overwork haymaking corvee slavery roping labor | |
| Similar spelling: |
labor Lauber Labore layover laver Laber Labar |
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