labour meaning and definition

LABOUR noun

Definition of labour (noun)

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

LABOUR verb

Definition of labour (verb)

1. work hard
   • "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
   • synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail
2. 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"
   • synonyms: drive, labor, push, tug
3. undergo the efforts of childbirth
   • synonyms: labor