a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
[ Syn: labour , working class , proletariat ]
productive work (especially physical work done for wages); his labor did not require a great deal of skill
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; she was in labor for six hours
[ Syn: parturiency , labour , confinement , lying-in , travail , childbed ]
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
[ Syn: labor movement , trade union movement ]
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 ]
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
[ Syn: department of labor , labor department , labor , dol ]
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; he prepared for great undertakings
[ Syn: undertaking , project , task ]
labor (n.)
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
work hard; She was digging away at her math homework; Lexicographers drudge all day long
[ Syn: labour , toil , fag , travail , grind , drudge , dig , moil ]
undergo the efforts of childbirth
[ Syn: labour ]