Definition of Labor

Noun

  • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States
    created in 1913
    - department of labor - labor department
  • a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900
    characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
    - british labour party - labour party
  • an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
    - labor movement - trade union movement
  • concluding state of pregnancy
    from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    "she was in labor for six hours"
    - lying in
  • productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
    "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
  • a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
    "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
    - working class

Verb

  • undergo the efforts of childbirth
  • work hard
    "She was digging away at her math homework"
    "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
  • 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"
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Unscramble labor

36 unscramble word found using the letters labor.

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