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English to English noun
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a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |  | Example: there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
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productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | | Example: his labor did not require a great deal of skill
source: wordnet30
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | | Example: she was in labor for six hours
source: wordnet30
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an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | | source: wordnet30
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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
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the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 | | source: wordnet30
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any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | | Example: he prepared for great undertakings
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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
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A stope or set of stopes. | | source: webster1913 verb
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strive and make an effort to reach a goal | | Example: 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
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work hard | | Example: She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
source: wordnet30
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undergo the efforts of childbirth | | source: wordnet30
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To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil. | | source: webster1913
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To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil. | | source: webster1913
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