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labour
has definitions from the fields of work,sociology,politics,biology,obstetrics
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[ noun ] (work,sociology) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Synonyms Examples "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)On one of his 1921 ventures he was actually come_upon by a Detective_Sergeant_John_J._Ryan down on his knees with a tool embedded in a labour office safe in the Postal_Telegraph_Building ; the jury wanted better evidence than that and he was acquitted , at a cost of $ 30000 in bribes , it was estimated . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,obstetrics) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
Synonyms Examples "she was in labor for six hours" Related terms parturition premature_labor pregnancy effacement asynclitism uterine_contraction |
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[ noun ] (politics) a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
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[ verb ] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal
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" |
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