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Labour
ˈleɪbə
- work, especially physical work
"the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT"
- workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
"non-union casual labour"
- workers considered as a social class or political force
"the labour movement"
- a government department concerned with a nation's workforce
"the Labour Secretary"
- the Labour Party
"the Labour leader"
- the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
"a woman in labour"
- a group of moles
"a labour of moles toils with the Earth"
- work hard; make great effort
"they laboured from dawn to dusk"
work (hard) toil slave (away) grub away plod away grind away sweat away struggle strive exert oneself overwork work one's fingers to the bone work like a dog work like a Trojan keep one's nose to the grindstone- work at an unskilled manual occupation
"he was eking out an existence by labouring"
- till (the ground)
"the land belonged to him who laboured it"
- have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
"United laboured against confident opponents"
strive struggle endeavour work try hard make every effort do one's best do one's utmost do all one can give (it/something) one's all go all out fight push be at pains put oneself out apply oneself exert oneself- move or proceed with difficulty
"they laboured up a steep, tortuous track"
- (of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty
"the wheels churned, the engine labouring"
- (of a ship) roll or pitch heavily
"the seas ran high, and the ship laboured hard"
- (of a woman in childbirth) be in labour
"she laboured very well and comfortably because she was relaxed"