labour

nouns

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

labor, labour, proletariat, working class

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

"she was in labor for six hours"

childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

labor, labour, toil

work hard

"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail

is derived from

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"

drive, labor, labour, push, tug

undergo the efforts of childbirth

labor, labour