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labour / Labour > 7 senses
NOUN1labour, labor, working class, proletariatA social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
2labour, parturiency, labor, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbedConcluding state of pregnancy
3Labour, Labour Party, Labor Party, LaborA political party formed in Great Britain in 1900
4labour, labor, toilProductive work (especially physical work done for wages)
VERB1labour, labor, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilWork hard
2labour, tug, labor, push, driveStrive and make an effort to reach a goal
3labour, laborUndergo the efforts of childbirth
labour / Labour > pronunciation
Soundsley'baw.r; ley'ber
RhymesAdenauer, dour, dower, and 6 more rhymes in awr at the HyperDic website...
absorber, amber, arbor, and 69 more rhymes in ber at the HyperDic website...
labour > noun 1, group
MeaningA social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
Synonymslabor, working class, proletariat
Membersproletarian, prole, worker
Narrowerlabor force, labor pool
Broaderclass, social class, socio-economic class
labour > noun 2, state
MeaningConcluding state of pregnancy. From the onset of labor to the birth of a child.
Synonymsparturiency, labor, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
Part ofpregnancy, gestation, maternity
Partsuterine contraction; effacement; asynclitism, obliquity
Narrowerpremature labor, premature labour
Broaderparturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
Verbslabour
Labour > noun 3, group
MeaningA political party formed in Great Britain in 1900. Characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries.
SynonymsLabour Party, Labor Party, Labor
MembersLabourite
Broaderparty, political party
labour > noun 4, act
MeaningProductive work (especially physical work done for wages).
Synonymslabor, toil
Narrowerroping; corvee; drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork; effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat; hunt, hunting; hackwork; haymaking; manual labor, manual labour; overwork, overworking; slavery
Broaderwork
Verbslabour; labour
labour > verb 1, social
MeaningWork hard.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymslabor, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Broaderwork, do work
Nounslabour; labourer
labour > verb 2, social
MeaningStrive and make an effort to reach a goal.
PatternSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Synonymstug, labor, push, drive
Narrowerstrive, reach, strain
Broaderfight, struggle
Similar topush, bear on
Nounslabour
labour > verb 3, body
MeaningUndergo the efforts of childbirth.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymslabor
Entailsgive birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
Broaderexperience, receive, have, get, undergo
Nounslabour

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