travail meaning and definition

TRAVAIL noun

Definition of travail (noun)

1. 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, labour, lying-in, parturiency
2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work
   • "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
   • synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat

TRAVAIL verb

Definition of travail (verb)

1. work hard
   • "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
   • synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil