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n.
labor
1) to do ~ (they never do any ~)
2) to begin; quit, stop ~ (they quit ~ at one o'clock)
3) to take on ~
4) to undo smb.'s ~
5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring; physical ~
6) meticulous, precise; shoddy, slipshod, sloppy ~
7) field~; paper ~
8) ( misc. ) he never does a lick/stitch ( AE )/stroke of ~; to make short ~ of smt. ('to dispose of smt. quickly')
employment
9) to go to ~
10) to return to ~
11) to take off from ~
12) to leave ~ (early)
13) at ~ (they are still at ~)
14) out of ~ (they have been out of ~ for a week)
result of research, labor, artistic effort
15) to exhibit; hang one's ~s (in a gallery)
16) a literary; scholarly ~
17) collected; published; selected ~s
18) ( misc. ) ~ in progress; a ~ of art
service
19) social ~ (to do social ~)
20) undercover ~ (to do undercover ~ for the police)
treatment
21) root-canal ~ (to do root-canal ~ on smb.)
misc.
22) to go to ~ on smb. ('to put pressure on smb.') ( see also ~s )
II
v.
1) ('to labor') to ~ hard, strenuously
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ against ('to oppose') (to ~ against a proposed law)
3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to labor') to ~ at, on (they were ~ing on a new book; you have to ~ at being friendlier with people)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be employed; to labor') to ~ for (she ~s for a large firm; to ~ for a living)
5) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to support') (to ~ for a good cause)
6) ( d ; refl. ) ('to excite') to ~ into (she ~ed herself into a rage)
7) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ into ('to insert') (she ~ed a few jokes into her speech)
8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to go through') (to ~ through difficult material)
9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to progress') to ~ towards (to ~ towards a common goal)
10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to collaborate') to ~ with (to ~ closely with one's colleagues)
11) ( misc. ) to ~ far into the night; to ~ one's way through college; to ~ one's way through a crowd; I slowly ~ed my way through the long report; the committee ~ed to reduce tension; to ~ against the clock