Main entry: labor, labour, toil
Definition: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Usage: his labor did not require a great deal of skill
Main entry: undertaking, task, labor, project
Definition: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Usage: he prepared for great undertakings
Main entry: Labor, Labor Department, DoL, Department of Labor
Definition: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Main entry: proletariat, working class, labor, labour
Definition: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Usage: there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
Main entry: Labor, Labour, Labour Party, British Labour Party
Definition: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Main entry: trade union movement, labor, labor movement
Definition: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
Main entry: 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
Definition: undergo the efforts of childbirth
Main entry: labor, labour, push, tug, drive
Definition: strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Usage: 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
Main entry: 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