Meaning of labour | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Short for the Labour Party.
   New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of
2. An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
   countable, uncountable
3. Short for the Labour Party
4. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
   countable, uncountable
5. Misspelling of Labor, an Australian political party
6. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
   uncountable
7. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
   uncountable
8. The act or process of a mother giving birth.
   countable, uncountable
9. The time period during which a mother gives birth.
   countable, uncountable
10. The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
    countable, uncountable
11. A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
    countable, historical, uncountable
12. A group of moles.
    countable, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]So I ſet myſelf to enlarge my Cave and Works farther into the Earth; for it was a looſe ſandy Rock, which yielded eaſily to the Labour I beſtowed on it[…]”

“Being a labour of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.”

“In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.”

“Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition”

“Paul Doherty came to the rescue when his wife Georgina went into labour early just minutes from their local hospital.”

“the establishment of a new settlement are entitled to five sitios of grazing land, and five labors (equal to 23,025 acres)”

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