a. Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. See Synonyms at work.
b. Something produced by work.
2. A specific task.
3. A particular form of work or method of working: manual labor.
4. Work for wages.
5.
a. Workers considered as a group.
b. The trade union movement, especially its officials.
6. Labor A political party representing workers interests, especially in Great Britain.
7. The process by which childbirth occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus or infant and the placenta.
v.la·bored, la·bor·ing, la·bors
v.intr.
1. To work; toil: labored in the fields.
2. To strive painstakingly: labored over the needlepoint.
3.
a. To proceed with great effort; plod: labored up the hill.
b. Nautical To pitch and roll.
4. To suffer from distress or a disadvantage: labored under the misconception that others were cooperating.
5. To undergo the efforts of childbirth.
v.tr.
1. To deal with in exhaustive or excessive detail; belabor: labor a point in the argument.
2. To distress; burden: I will not labor you with trivial matters.
adj.
1. Of or relating to labor.
2. Labor Of or relating to a Labor Party.
[Middle English, from Old French labour, from Latin labor.]
The process by which the birth of a mammal occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus and the placenta.
labor /lebr/ n.1 [C;U] work, esp. difficult or tiring physical work: He is well paid for his labor.2 [U] the work force, workers in general 3a labor of love: work done not for pay but out of dedication to s.o. or s.t. 4 sing. [U] to go into or be in labor: to begin or be in the process of giving birth: Her baby was born ten hours after she went into labor. v. [I] to work: We labored for weeks on a big project.
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r/ n. 1 [C;U] work, esp. difficult or tiring physical work: He is well paid for his labor. 2 [U] the work force, workers in general 3 a labor of love: work done not for pay but out of dedication to s.o. or s.t. 4 sing. [U] to go into or be in labor: to begin or be in the process of giving birth: Her baby was born ten hours after she went into labor. 
v. [I] to work: We labored for weeks on a big project. 
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