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labour
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Meanings
noun
- work, especially physical work.E.g. the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT
- the Labour Party.E.g. the Labour leader
- the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.E.g. a woman in labour
- a group of moles.E.g. a labour of moles toils with the Earth
verb
- work hard; make great effort.E.g. they laboured from dawn to dusk
- have difficulty in doing something despite working hard.E.g. United laboured against confident opponents
- (of a woman in childbirth) be in labour.E.g. she laboured very well and comfortably because she was relaxed