vverb.socialstrive and make an effort to reach a goalSynset:drive labor labour push tug
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:laborerlaborlabourpushdrive
Hypernyms:fight struggle
Inherited Hypernyms:tugfighttryact
Direct Hyponyms:reachstrainstrive
Full Troponyms:extend oneselfkill oneselfstrivetrouble oneself
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
vverb.socialwork hardSynset:dig drudge fag grind labor labour moil toil travail
Examples:- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
Derivationally Related Form:grindlaborlabourtoillabourerlaborertravaildrudgedrudgerytoiler
Hypernyms:do work work
Inherited Hypernyms:laborwork
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.bodyundergo the efforts of childbirthSynset:labor labour
Derivationally Related Form:laborlabour
Hypernyms:undergo
Inherited Hypernyms:laborundergochange
Entailment:bear birth deliver give birth have
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.alldoing arduous or unpleasant workSynset:drudging labouring toiling
Examples:- drudging peasants
- the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton
- toiling coal miners in the black deeps
Antonyms:idle
Inherited Hypernyms:drudging
Similar to:busy