labor
/ˈleɪbər/
noun
- Work, especially physical work that requires effort.
- Building the house required many hours of hard labor.
- She was exhausted after a day of manual labor.
- The workers were paid for their labor in the fields.
- Workers considered as a group, especially those who do physical work.
- Labor and management agreed on a new contract.
- Skilled labor is in high demand in this industry.
- The company hired more labor to finish the project on time.
- The process of giving birth to a baby, involving contractions of the uterus.
- Many hospitals offer classes to prepare parents for labor and delivery.
- The doctor monitored the mother's progress during labor.
- She was in labor for twelve hours before the baby was born.
verb
- To work hard, especially doing physical work.
- The farmers labored in the hot sun all day.
- He labored for years to build his own business.
- They labored to clear the snow from the driveway.
- To move with difficulty or effort.
- The ship labored through the rough waves.
- She labored to breathe after running up the stairs.
- The old car labored up the steep hill.
- To continue doing something with great effort, often without success.
- She labored under the mistaken belief that she had to do everything alone.
- He labored over the math problem for an hour.
- The writer labored to find the right words for the poem.