travails

Noun

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
• use of physical or mental energy; hard work
• plural of travail

Verb

• work hard
• third-person singular simple present indicative of travail

Synonyms

childbed, confinement, dig, drudge, effort, elbow grease, exertion, fag, grind, labor, labour, lying-in, moil, parturiency, sweat, toil, travail