labour

Speech parts

1. labour - Noun

2. labour - Verb

3. Labour - Proper noun

Meaning

a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

undergo the efforts of childbirth

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

work hard

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

toil work grind drudge travail effort labor task employment struggle duty strain confinement proletariat endeavour
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Antonyms

sandman scrabble duck slack wag hammock
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Hypernyms

class labour party labor party work birth fight

Hyponyms

travail reach effort hunting slavery hunt

Phrases with the word

labour of love in labour labour-saver Labour Zionism physical labour labour and delivery

Examples

Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain. Anthony the Great

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country. Tony Blair

The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour. William Stanley Jevons

Labour warms, sloth harms. Dutch Proverb

Copper begets copper, and not (the labour of) men's bones. Spanish Proverb

Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Labouchere laboulbeniaceous Labounty labour agreement labour and delivery labour aristocracy