labor

n. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work-force, workers; working class; uterine contractions; childbirth

v. work, toil, exert oneself; work hard, struggle (especially to attain a goal); move heavily; be troubled, suffer a disadvantage; give birth; discuss or think about excessively; tire

n. political party which represents the interests of the worker

Labor may refer to:The Australian Labor Party.Childbirth - especially from the start of uterine contractions to deliveryThe Israeli Labor Party.Josef Labor - (1842–1924), a composer, pianist, organist, and teacherLabor (area) - an obsolete unit of areaLabour - the alternate English spelling of the word for work and related concepts.
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Noun
1. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
(synonym) Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party
(hypernym) party, political party
(member-meronym) Labourite
2. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
(synonym) Department of Labor, Labor Department, DoL
(hypernym) executive department
(part-meronym) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA

Noun
1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
(synonym) labour, toil
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) roping
(derivation) labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
2. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
(synonym) labour, working class, proletariat
(hypernym) class, social class, socio-economic class
(hyponym) labor force, labor pool
(member-meronym) proletarian, prole, worker
3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
(synonym) parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
(hypernym) parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
(hyponym) premature labor, premature labour
(part-holonym) pregnancy, gestation, maternity
(part-meronym) uterine contraction
(derivation) labour
4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
(synonym) labor movement, trade union movement
(hypernym) reform movement
(hyponym) Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.
(part-meronym) union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
5. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
(synonym) undertaking, project, task
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
(derivation) labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Verb
1. 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, labour, push, drive
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) strive, reach, strain
(verb-group) push, bear on
(derivation) undertaking, project, task
2. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
(synonym) labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) labour, toil
3. undergo the efforts of childbirth
(synonym) labour
(hypernym) experience, receive, have, get, undergo
(entail) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
(derivation) parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed

n. laboratory, room or building fitted with equipment for scientific experimentation