Labor Definition
lābər
labored, laboring, labors
noun
labors
Physical or mental exertion; work; toil.
Webster's New World
A specific task or effort, especially a painful or arduous one.
American Heritage
A specific task; piece of work.
Webster's New World
All wage-earning workers as a group.
Webster's New World
All manual workers whose work is characterized largely by physical exertion.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- labor pains
- contractions
- giving-birth
- parturition
- employee(s)
- working people
- labor-force
- work force
- blue-collar workers
- proletariat
- operatives
- workingmen
- workers
- wage-earners
- employees
verb
labored, laboring, labors
To spend too much time and effort on; belabor.
To labor a point.
Webster's New World
To work; toil.
Webster's New World
To work hard; exert oneself to get or do something; strive.
Webster's New World
To strive painstakingly.
Labored over the needlepoint.
American Heritage
To proceed with great effort; plod.
Labored up the hill.
American Heritage
adjective
Of or relating to labor.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a Labor Party.
American Heritage
pronoun
(Australia, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
Wiktionary
Origin of Labor
Middle English from Old French labour from Latin labor
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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