Labour (noun)
Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
Labour (noun)
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Labour (noun)
Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
Labour (noun)
A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
Labour (noun)
The act of a mother giving birth.
Labour (noun)
The time period during which a mother gives birth.
Labour (noun)
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labour (noun)
An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
Labour (verb)
To toil, to work.
Labour (verb)
To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
“I think we’ve all got the idea. There’s no need to labour the point.”
Labour (verb)
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one’s work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
Labour (verb)
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
Labour (verb)
To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Labor (noun)
standard spelling of from=American spelling
Labor (verb)
standard spelling of from=American spelling
Labour (noun)
work, especially physical work
“manual labour”
“the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT”
Labour (noun)
workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
“non-union casual labour”
Labour (noun)
workers considered as a social class or political force
“the labour movement”
Labour (noun)
a government department concerned with a nation’s workforce
“the Labour Secretary”
Labour (noun)
the Labour Party
“the Labour leader”
Labour (noun)
the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
“a woman in labour”
Labour (noun)
a group of moles
“a labour of moles toils with the Earth”
Labour (verb)
work hard; make great effort
“they laboured from dawn to dusk”
“she was patiently labouring over her sketchbooks”
Labour (verb)
work at an unskilled manual occupation
“he was eking out an existence by labouring”
Labour (verb)
till (the ground)
“the land belonged to him who laboured it”
Labour (verb)
have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
“United laboured against confident opponents”
Labour (verb)
move or proceed with difficulty
“they laboured up a steep, tortuous track”
Labour (verb)
(of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty
“the wheels churned, the engine labouring”
Labour (verb)
(of a ship) roll or pitch heavily
“the seas ran high, and the ship laboured hard”
Labour (verb)
(of a woman in childbirth) be in labour
“she laboured very well and comfortably because she was relaxed”