a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

[ Syn: labor , working class , proletariat ]

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; she was in labor for six hours

[ Syn: parturiency , labor , confinement , lying-in , travail , childbed ]

a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labors interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

[ Syn: british labour party , labour party , labour , labor ]

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); his labor did not require a great deal of skill

[ Syn: labor , toil ]

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

[ Syn: labor , toil , fag , travail , grind , drudge , dig , moil ]

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

[ Syn: tug , labor , push , drive ]

undergo the efforts of childbirth

[ Syn: labor ]