productive activity, esp. for the sake of economic gain.

the body of persons engaged in such activity, esp. those working for wages.

this body of persons considered as a class ( distinguished from management and capital ).

physical or mental work, esp. of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil.

a job or task done or to be done.

the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth.

the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth.

( initial capital letter ) Also called Labor Department. Informal . the Department of Labor.

to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil.

to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often fol. by for )

to labor for peace.

to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually fol. by under )

to labor under a misapprehension.

to be in the actual process of giving birth.

to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship.

to develop or dwell on in excessive detail

Don't labor the point.

to burden or tire

to labor the reader with unnecessary detail.

British Dialect . to work or till (soil or the like).

of or pertaining to workers, their associations, or working conditions

labor reforms.

noun

entertainment , fun , management , manager

verb

idle , laze , relax

noun

activity , chore , daily grind , diligence , drudgery , effort , employment , endeavor , energy , exercise , exertion , grind * , gruntwork , industry , job , moonlight , operation , pains , pull , push , strain , stress , struggle , sweat , toil , travail , apprentice , blue collar , breadwinner , employee , hack * , hand * , hard hat , help , helper , hireling , instrument , laborer , learner , operative , prentice , proletariat , rank and file * , toiler , worker , work force , working people , birth , birth pangs , childbearing , contractions , delivery , giving birth , parturition , throes , moil , work , accouchement , birthing , childbirth , lying-in , laboriousness , lucubration , operosity , peonage , task , undertaking

verb

bear down , cultivate , drive , drudge , endeavor , exert oneself , grind , plod , plug away , pour it on , slave , strain , strive , struggle , sweat , tend , toil , travail , work oneself to the bone , fag , moil , tug , work , amplify , develop , dilate , enlarge , expand , expatiate , agonize , childbirth , drudgery , effort , employees , exertion , industry , lucubrate , parturition , stress , task , undertaking , workers