Meaning of 'labor'

noun

productive work, especially physical work done for wages

Example: "Their labor did not require a great deal of skill."

Synonyms: labour toil

noun

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

Synonyms: task undertaking project

noun

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

Example: "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

Synonyms: labour working class proletariat

noun

an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

Synonyms: labor movement trade union movement

noun

concluding state of pregnancy

Synonyms: labour travail confinement parturiency lying-in childbed

verb

undergo the efforts of childbirth

Synonyms: labour

verb

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

Synonyms: drive

verb

work hard

Synonyms: dig