I. noun
1.
Synonyms: work 2, bullwork, donkeywork, drudgery, grind, moil, slavery, slogging, toil, travail
Related Word: endeavor, struggle
Contrasted words: ease, leisure, relaxation, repose, rest; amusement, diversion, entertainment, recreation; idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, passiveness
2.
the physical activities involved in parturition
first labors are sometimes difficult
Synonyms: birth pang(s), childbearing, childbirth, travail
II. verb
1.
to exert one's powers of mind or body especially with painful or strenuous effort
labored all day to make a living
Synonyms: drive, moil, strain, strive, toil, tug, work
Idioms: break one's neck
Contrasted words: idle, laze, loaf, lounge; goof (off), shirk; dawdle, poke, putter
|| 2.
Synonyms: till , cultivate, dress, tend, work