Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, travail, sweat, exertion
Definition: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
Usage: he got an A for effort; they managed only with great exertion
Similar words: labor, labour, toil
Definition: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Usage: his labor did not require a great deal of skill
Synonyms: travail, childbed, parturiency, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in
Definition: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Usage: she was in labor for six hours
Similar words: parturition, giving birth, birth, birthing
Definition: the process of giving birth
Synonyms: moil, drudge, dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail
Definition: work hard
Usage: She was digging away at her math homework; Lexicographers drudge all day long
Definition: be employed
Usage: Is your husband working again?; My wife never worked; Do you want to work after the age of 60?; She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money; She works as a waitress to put herself through college