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labour or US, Austral & sometimes Canad labor Noun 1. productive work, esp. physical work done for wages 2. the people involved in this, as opposed to management 3. the final stage of pregnancy, leading to childbirth 4. difficult work or a difficult job Verb 1. to do physical work: the girls were labouring madly on it 2. to work hard (for something) 3. to make one's way with difficulty: she was now labouring down the return length 4. to emphasize too persistently: I have laboured the point 5. (usually foll. by under)to be at a disadvantage because of a mistake or false belief: she laboured under the illusion that I understood her [Latin labor] Labour of moles: a company of moles—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
labour noun 1. toil, effort, industry, grind (informal) pains, sweat (informal) slog (informal) exertion, drudgery, travail, donkey-work << OPPOSITE leisure noun 4. childbirth, birth, delivery, contractions, pains, throes, travail, labour pains, parturition verb 6. work, toil, strive, work hard, grind (informal) sweat (informal) slave, endeavour, plod away, drudge, travail, slog away (informal) exert yourself, peg along or away chiefly Brit. plug along or away (informal) << OPPOSITE rest verb 7. struggle, work, strain, work hard, strive, go for it (informal) grapple, toil, make an effort, make every effort, do your best, exert yourself, work like a Trojan verb 8. overemphasize, stress, elaborate, exaggerate, strain, dwell on, overdo, go on about, make a production (out) of (informal) make a federal case of U.S. (informal) verb 9. (usually with under) be disadvantaged by, suffer from, be a victim of, be burdened by Translationslabour, labor (US) [ˈleɪbəʳ] n (= task) → trabajo (= labour force); mano f de obra (= workers); trabajadores mpl; (MED) → (dolores mpl de) parto hard labour → trabajos mpl forzados; labour (US), labor [ˈleɪbəʳ] n (= work) → travail m (= workforce); main-d'œuvre f; (Med) → travail, accouchement m in labour (Med) → en travail (Med); to be in labour → in den Wehen liegen vi to labour (at sth) → sich (mit etw) abmühen vt to labour a point → auf einem Thema herumreiten; hard labour → Zwangsarbeit f labour (US), labor [ˈleɪbəʳ] n (= task) → lavoro (= workmen); manodopera; |
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