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English to English noun 1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages  there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field source: wordnet30
2. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) his labor did not require a great deal of skill source: wordnet30
3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child she was in labor for six hours source: wordnet30
4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement source: wordnet30
5. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries source: wordnet30
6. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 source: wordnet30
7. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted he prepared for great undertakings source: wordnet30
8. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work. source: webster1913
9. A stope or set of stopes. source: webster1913
verb 10. 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 source: wordnet30
11. work hard She was digging away at her math homework|Lexicographers drudge all day long source: wordnet30
12. undergo the efforts of childbirth source: wordnet30
13. To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil. source: webster1913
14. To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil. source: webster1913
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