1. Doing arduous or unpleasant work
   "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"
   - drudging, labouring [Brit, Cdn], toiling

1. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   - tug, labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive 
2. Work hard
   - labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer] 
3. Undergo the efforts of childbirth
   - labour [Brit, Cdn]

See also: busy, laborer [US]

Type of: do work, fight, struggle, undergo, work

Encyclopedia: Labor Labor, Slovenia Labor, induced

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