labour or (esp N American) labor /lāˈbər/

1. Physical or mental toil
2. Work, esp when done for money or other gain
3. Pains
4. Duties
5. A task requiring hard work
6. Effort made toward the satisfaction of needs
7. Workers collectively
8. Supply or services of workers, esp physical workers
9. (with cap) the Labour Party or its cause, principles or interest (politics)
10. The pains and physical efforts of childbirth
11. Heavy pitching or rolling of a ship (nautical)
12. The outcome of toil (archaic)
13. Trouble taken (archaic)
14. Exertion of influence (archaic)

Of labour or (with cap) the Labour Party

1. To experience labour
2. To work
3. To take pains
4. To be oppressed or burdened
5. To move slowly and with difficulty
6. To undergo childbirth
7. To pitch and roll heavily (nautical)

1. To strain, over-elaborate or repeat unnecessarily
2. To elaborate, work out in detail
3. To spend labour on (archaic)
4. To cultivate (dialect)

laborious /lə-bōˈ or -böˈri-əs/ adjective

1. Involving or devoted to labour
2. Strenuous
3. Arduous

laboˈriously adverb

laboˈriousness noun

lāˈboured adjective

1. Showing signs of effort in execution
2. Strained
3. Over-elaborated, repeated unnecessarily
4. Cultivated (dialect)
5. Worked (archaic)

lāˈbourer noun

1. Someone who labours
2. Someone who does heavy physical work requiring little skill or training

lāˈbourism noun

lāˈbourist noun

Someone who supports or works for the rights of workers

Lāˈbourite noun

A member or supporter of the Labour Party

lāˈboursome adjective (Shakespeare)

Laborious

labor union noun (US)

A trade union

labour camp noun

1. A penal institution where the inmates are forced to work
2. Temporary accommodation for workers

Labour Day noun

1. A public holiday held in many countries on 1 May in celebration of labour and workers
2. In N America (Labor Day) a holiday held on the first Monday in September
3. In Australia (Labor Day) a holiday held on different days in different states

Labour Exchange noun

A former name for a job centre (see under job¹)

labour force noun

1. The number of workers employed in an industry, factory, etc
2. The part of the population which is employed or available for work

laˈbour-intensˈive adjective

Requiring a relatively large number of workers for the capital invested, opp to capital-intensive

labour of love noun

Work undertaken for its own sake and without hope of any tangible reward

Labour Party noun

1. In Britain, a political party formed in 1900 by trade unions, etc to represent the working community and its interests
2. Its representatives in parliament
3. A local organization of the party
4. A similar party in various countries, esp (as Labor Party) Australia

laˈbour-savˈing adjective

Intended to supersede or lessen labour

hard labour

Compulsory work imposed in addition to imprisonment, abolished in the UK in 1948

labour with

To take pains to convince

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