1. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• working_class ,
• proletariat

) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" ;

2. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• toil

) productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" ;

3. (

• parturiency ,
• labor ,
• labour ,
• confinement ,
• lying-in ,
• travail ,
• childbed

) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" ;

4. (

• labor_movement ,
• trade_union_movement ,
• labor ,

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

5. (

• British_Labour_Party ,
• Labour_Party ,
• Labour ,
• Labor ,

) a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries ;

6. (

• Department_of_Labor ,
• Labor_Department ,
• Labor ,
• DoL

) the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 ;

7. (

• undertaking ,
• project ,
• task ,
• labor ,

) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" ;

1. (

• tug ,
• labor ,
• labour ,
• push ,
• drive

) strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" ;

2. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• toil ,
• fag ,
• travail ,
• grind ,
• drudge ,
• dig ,
• moil

) work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" ;

3. (

• labor ,
• labour

) undergo the efforts of childbirth ;