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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for labour

Noun

1. labor, labour, working class, proletariat, class, social class, socio-economic class
usage: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
2. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
usage: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
3. Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party, Labor, party, political party
usage: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
4. labor, labour, toil, work
usage: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

Verb

1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil, work, do work
usage: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
2. tug, labor, labour, push, drive, fight, struggle
usage: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "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"
3. labor, labour, experience, receive, have, get, undergo
usage: undergo the efforts of childbirth
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