Complete Definition of "labor"

see|Labor
English

Alternative spellings
labour (UK,Canada)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-labor.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪb�(r)|-eɪb�(r)

Noun
labor (plural: labors)

  1. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
  2. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labor movement, organised labor.
  3. The act of a mother giving birth
  4. The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Verb
en-verb

  1. US spelling of labour; see British/commonwealth entry for definitions, etymology, <s>pronunciation</s>, translations, etc.

Latin

Noun
la-noun|labor|laboris|lab�ris|m|third

  1. work

Inflection
la-decl-3rd|M|labor|lab�r

Derived terms
laboro

Verb
latinverbdepon|l�bor|l�bī|l�psus sum

  1. to slip
  2. to glide, flow

la-inflec-3rd-depon|l�b|l�ps|11lab|22laps

Derived terms

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