labour
Plural: labours
Noun
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- The act of a mother giving birth.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- A group of moles.
Verb
Verb Forms: laboured, labouring, labours
- To exert physical or mental effort; an alternative spelling of LABOR.
- work hard
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- To toil, to work.
- To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Examples
- He had to LABOUR diligently to uncover a seven-letter word hidden in his rack.
- I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English labor, labour, labur, from Old French labor (modern labeur) and its etymon, Latin labor.
Synonyms
British Labour Party, childbed, confinement, dig, drive, drudge, fag, grind, Labor, labor, Labour Party, lying-in, moil, parturiency, proletariat, push, toil, travail, tug, working class, quarter-section, swink, work
Scrabble Score: 8
labour: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlabour: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
labour: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary