labor, labour

labor, labour
I
n.
work

1) to do, perform labor, labour

2) manual, physical; menial; painstaking; productive; sweated (BE), sweatshop; skilled; unskilled labor, labour

3) a division of labor, labour

4) (misc.) (a) division of labor, labour; a labor, labour of love

servitude

5) forced; hard; slave labor, labour (he got ten years at hard labor, labour; democratic countries forbid forced labor, labour; slave labor, labour has been outlawed)

work force

6) child; migrant; organized; seasonal; skilled; unskilled labor, labour

giving birth

7) to induce labor, labour

8) to go into labor, labour

9) difficult, prolonged, protracted; easy; false labor, labour

10) in labor, labour (she was in labor, labour for five hours)

II
v.

1) (d; intr.) to labor, labour as (to labor, labour as a migrant worker)

2) (d; intr.) to labor, labour under (to labor, labour under a misconception)


Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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