antilabor
bər noun
1.
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
2.
the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages.
3.
this body of persons considered as a class ( distinguished from management and capital ).
4.
physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil.
5.
a job or task done or to be done.
verb (used without object)
9.
to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil.
11.
to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed by under ): to labor under a misapprehension.
12.
to be in the actual process of giving birth.
13.
to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship.
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verb (used with object)
14.
to develop or dwell on in excessive detail: Don't labor the point.
15.
to burden or tire: to labor the reader with unnecessary detail.
16.
British Dialect. to work or till (soil or the like).
adjective
17.
of or pertaining to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
Also, especially British, labour.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English labour < Middle French < Latin labōr- (stem of labor) work
1250–1300; Middle English labour < Middle French < Latin labōr- (stem of labor) work
Related forms
la·bor·ing·ly, adverb
la·bor·less, adjective
an·ti·la·bor, adjective
non·la·bor, adjective
out·la·bor, verb (used with object)
o·ver·la·bor, verb (used with object)
pre·la·bor, noun, verb (used without object)
pro·la·bor, adjective
un·la·bor·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. working people, working class. 4. exertion. See work. 6. parturition, delivery. 9. drudge. 14. overdo.
2. working people, working class. 4. exertion. See work. 6. parturition, delivery. 9. drudge. 14. overdo.
Antonyms
1, 4. idleness; leisure. 1, 4, 9. rest.
1, 4. idleness; leisure. 1, 4, 9. rest.
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labour or labor (ˈleɪbə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | productive work, esp physical toil done for wages |
| 2. | a. the people, class, or workers involved in this, esp in contrast to management, capital, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a labour dispute; labour relations | |
| 3. | a. difficult or arduous work or effort |
| b. (in combination): labour-saving | |
| 4. | a particular job or task, esp of a difficult nature |
| 5. | a. the process or effort of childbirth or the time during which this takes place |
| b. (as modifier): labour pains | |
| 6. | labour of love something done for pleasure rather than gain |
| —vb (usually foll by under) | |
| 7. | (intr) to perform labour; work |
| 8. | (intr; |
| 9. | to be burdened (by) or be at a disadvantage (because of): to labour under a misapprehension |
| 10. | (intr) to make one's way with difficulty |
| 11. | (tr) to deal with or treat too persistently: to labour a point |
| 12. | (intr) (of a woman) to be in labour |
| 13. | (intr) (of a ship) to pitch and toss |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin labor; perhaps related to lābī to fall] | |
| labor or labor | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin labor; perhaps related to lābī to fall] | |
| 'labouringly or labor | |
| —adv | |
| 'laboringly or labor | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
labor
c.1300, "exertion of the body," from O.Fr. labour (Fr. labeur), from L. laborem (nom. labor) "toil, pain, exertion, fatigue, work," perhaps originally "tottering under a burden," related to labere "to totter." The verb is c.1300, from M.Fr. labourer, from L. laborare, from labor. The verb in modern
Fr., Sp., Port. means "to plow;" the wider sense being taken by the equivalent of Eng. travail. Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1595, from Fr. en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
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Medical Dictionary
labor la·bor (lā'bər)
n.
The physical efforts of expulsion of the fetus and the placenta from the uterus during parturition. v. la·bored, la·bor·ing, la·bors
To undergo the efforts of childbirth.
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Science Dictionary
labor  (lā'bər) Pronunciation Key
The process by which the birth of a mammal occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus and the placenta. |
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