travail

nouns

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
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail

verbs

work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail