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Definition and meaning of labor
Definitions
labor (n.)
1.productive work (especially physical work done for wages)"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
2.any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted"he prepared for great undertakings"
3.a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
4.an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
5.(American)the occupation for which you are paid"he is looking for employment" "a lot of people are out of work"
6.(American)a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee"estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars" "the job of repairing the engine took several hours" "the endless task of classifying the s..."
7.(American)concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child"she was in labor for six hours"
labor (v. intr.)
1.undergo the efforts of childbirth
2.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"
3.work hard"She was digging away at her math homework" "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
4.(American)be employed"Is your husband working again?" "My wife never worked" "Do you want to work after the age of 60?" "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money" "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
Labor (n.)
1.the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
2.a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
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Merriam Webster
LaborLa"bor (lā"bẽr), n. [OE. labour, OF. labour, laber, labur, F. labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. lamba`nein to take, Skr. labh to get, seize.] [Written also labour.]
1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
God hath set
Labor and rest, as day and night, to men
Successive. Milton.
2. Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
3. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for. Hooker.
4. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
The queen's in labor,
They say, in great extremity; and feared
She'll with the labor end. Shak.
5. Any pang or distress. Shak.
6. (Naut.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
7. [Sp.] A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 1771/7 acres. Bartlett.
8. (Mining.) A stope or set of stopes. [Sp. Amer.]
Syn. -- Work; toil; drudgery; task; exertion; effort; industry; painstaking. See Toll.
LaborLa"bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Labored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Laboring.] [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See Labor, n.] [Written also labour.]
1. To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Adam, well may we labor still to dress
This garden. Milton.
2. To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
3. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.
The stone that labors up the hill. Granville.
The line too labors, and the words move slow. Pope.
To cure the disorder under which he labored. Sir W. Scott.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28
4. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
5. (Naut.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea. Totten.
LaborLa"bor, v. t. [F. labourer, L. laborare.]
1. To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children. W. Tooke.
2. To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care. “To labor arms for Troy.” Dryden.
3. To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.
4. To belabor; to beat. [Obs.] Dryden.
Synonyms
Labor (n.)
British Labour Party, Department of Labor, DoL, Labor Department, Labour, Labour Party
labor (n.)
contraction, enterprise, labor movement, labor pains, labour, labour movement, labour pains, project, proletariat, task, toil, trade union movement, undertaking, workers' movement, working class
labor (n.) (American)
childbed, chore, confinement, employment, job, lying-in, parturiency, task, toil, travail, work, labor pains (American), labour (British), labour pains (British)
labor (v.)
beaver away, plod away, plod on, plug away, slave away, slog, work, work hard
labor (v. intr.)
beaver away, dig, drive, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, plod away, plod on, push, toil, travail, tug, mug up (colloquial, British), plug away (colloquial), slog (spéc. anglais britannique), swot (colloquial, British)
labor (v. intr.) (American)
be employed at, be employed by, be employed in, be in service of, be in the employ of, be on the payroll of, do work, job, work, work in, work with, be in the pay of (colloquial), labour (British)
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See also
Labor (n.)
labor (v. intr.)
↘ grind, hard worker, slogger, swot ↗ effort, elbow grease, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, sweat, travail
labor (n.)
Phrases
⇨ American Federation of Labor • American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations • American Labor Party • Australian Labor Party • Child Labor • Complications, Labor • Department of Commerce and Labor • Department of Labor • Farmer-Labor Party • Federation of Labor • Induced Labor • International Labor Organization • Kurdistan Labor Pary • Labor Complications • Labor Day • Labor Department • Labor Force • Labor Migration • Labor Onset • Labor Pain • Labor Presentation • Labor Presentation, Breech • Labor Secretary • Labor Stage, First • Labor Stage, Second • Labor Stage, Third • Labor Unions • Labor, First Stage • Labor, Induced • Labor, Obstetric • Labor, Premature • Labor, Second Stage • Labor, Third Stage • National Labor Relations Board • Obstetric Labor • Obstetric Labor Complications • Obstetric Labor, Premature • Premature Labor • Premature Obstetric Labor • Preterm Labor • Secretary of Commerce and Labor • Secretary of Labor • Socialist Labor Party • Trial of Labor • association of labor unions • be in labor • bonded labor • false labor • federation of labor unions • have labor pains • induction of labor • labor agreement • labor camp • labor coach • labor contract • labor costs • labor force • labor leader • labor market • labor movement • labor of love • labor organizer • labor pain • labor pains • labor party • labor pool • labor resources • labor union • labor-intensive • manual labor • mental labor • organized labor • premature labor
Analogical dictionary
Labor (n.)
executive department[Hyper.]
Labor (n.)
labor (n.)
[American]
toil; labor; labour; employment; work; job; function[ClasseHyper.]
vie professionnelle (fr)[Classe]
labor (n.)
[American]
work; labor; labour; job; task; chore[ClasseHyper.]
tâche, travail à réaliser(ds certaines expres.) (fr)[ClasseParExt...]
duty, place[Hyper.]
task - job - farm out, job, subcontract[Dérivé]
labor (n.)
work; labor; labour; job; task; chore[Classe]
work[Classe]
(awkward; difficult; hard; stiff; tough; heavy; uphill), (difficulty)[Caract.]
work[Hyper.]
drive, labor, labour, plod away, plod on, push, tug - beaver away, dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, mug up, plug away, slog, swot, toil, travail - arduous, awkward, backbreaking, difficult, exhausting, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, painful, punishing, shattering, sticky, tiring, toilsome, uncomfortable[Dérivé]
labor (n.)
work[Hyper.]
aim, aim at, aim for, aspire to, be aimed at, contrive, design, intend, mean, plan, project - attempt, set about, undertake - task - drive, labor, labour, plod away, plod on, push, tug - beaver away, dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, mug up, plug away, slog, swot, toil, travail[Dérivé]
labor (n.)
condition sociale d'une personne (fr)[Classe]
employees; personnel; staff[Classe]
labor; labour; working class; proletariat[ClasseHyper.]
ensemble des gens du peuple (fr)[Classe]
classe sociale salariée (fr)[Classe]
(trade union)[termes liés]
class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum[Hyper.]
proletarian[Propriété~]
labor (n.)
doctrine et système politique (fr)[Classe...]
trade union; syndicate[Classe]
(trade union)[termes liés]
labor (n.)
[American]
(pain; hurting; distress; misery; suffering; ache), (suffering), (analgesia)[Caract.]
accouchement (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition[Hyper.]
labor, labour - parturient - parturient[Dérivé]
labor (n.)
work; labor; labour; job; task; chore[Classe]
work[Classe]
produit effectif d'un travail (fr)[Classe]
variété, sorte de travail (fr)[Classe]
(weariness; boredom; ennui; tedium)[Caract.]
(much)[Caract.]
labor (n.)
accouchement (fr)[DomaineDescription]
labor (v. intr.)
[American]
labour; work; labor[ClasseHyper.]
besogne, boulot, turbin, turf (fr)[GenV+comp]
employment, job, labor, labour, toil, work - worker, workman[Dérivé]
put to work, work - work - work[Domaine]
labor (v. intr.)
labor (v. intr.)
faire des efforts (pour réussir) (fr)[Classe]
travailler durement (fr)[Classe]
fight, struggle[Hyper.]
effort, elbow grease, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, sweat, travail[GenV+comp]
labor, labour, toil - enterprise, labor, project, task, undertaking - campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement - energy, get-up-and-go, push - jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, manual worker[Dérivé]
bear on, press, push[Domaine]
labor (v. intr.)
travailler durement (fr)[Classe]
(awkward; difficult; hard; stiff; tough; heavy; uphill), (difficulty)[termes liés]
labor, labour, toil - donkeywork, donkey-work, drudgery, fag, grind, labour, plodding, slog, toil - effort, elbow grease, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, sweat, travail - enterprise, labor, project, task, undertaking - drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon - drudge, hack, hacker - jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, manual worker - dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk - grind, hard worker, slogger, swot, toiler[Dérivé]
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