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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024la•bor /ˈleɪbɚ/USA pronunciation n. - activity to produce something:[uncountable]Much labor went into making that book.
- the body of persons doing such activity, esp. those working for wages:[uncountable]a meeting between labor and management to avoid a strike.
- physical or mental work, esp. of a hard or tiring kind;
toil:[uncountable]manual labor, like digging ditches. - a job or task done or to be done:[countable]the labors of Hercules.
- Medicinethe last part of pregnancy, beginning with contractions in the uterus, up to the moment of giving birth: [countable]a difficult labor.[uncountable]Labor can take hours.
v. - to perform labor;
work;
toil:[no object]laboring in the fields. - to try to achieve something, as a goal;
work hard for:[~ + for]The negotiators labored for peace tirelessly. - to move slowly and with effort:[no object]The truck labored up the hill.
- to continue to believe something that is not true or likely:[~ + under + object]to labor under a misapprehension.
- [~ + object] to dwell on at length or in detail:Don't labor the point.Compare belabor.
adj. [usually before a noun] - of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions:labor reforms; labor unions.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] ˈla•bour. See -lab-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•bor (lā′bər),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Medicinethe physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth.
- Medicinethe interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth.
- Government(cap.) Also called Labor Department. [Informal.]the Department of Labor.
v.i. - 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.
- Medicineto be in the actual process of giving birth.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto roll or pitch heavily, as a ship.
v.t. - 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 Termsto work or till (soil or the like).
adj. - of or pertaining to workers, their associations, or working conditions:labor reforms.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] labour. - Latin labōr- (stem of labor) work
- Middle French
- Middle English labour 1250–1300
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged working people, working class.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exertion. See work.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parturition, delivery.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged drudge.
- 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged overdo.
- 1, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged idleness; leisure.
- 1, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rest.
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