labour
noun
1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Similar word(s): labor, proletariat
Definition categories: group, class, stratum
2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Similar word(s): childbed, confinement, labor, parturiency, travail
Definition categories: state, birth, birthing, parturition
3. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Similar word(s): labor
Definition categories: group
4. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
verb
1. work hard
Similar word(s): dig, drudge, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail
Definition categories: social, work
2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Similar word(s): drive, labor, push, tug
Definition categories: social, fight, struggle
3. undergo the efforts of childbirth
Similar word(s): labor
Definition categories: body, undergo
Sentences with labour as a verb:
- I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.