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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.
EXPANDa job or task done or to be done.
6.
the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth.
7.
the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth.
8.
COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) Also called Labor Department. Informal. the Department of Labor.
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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Labor under
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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)
EXPANDo·ver·la·bor, verb (used with object)
pre·la·bor, noun, verb (used without object)
pro·la·bor, adjective
un·la·bor·ing, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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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