LABOURS
/ΛleΙͺbΙz/
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
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Definition
/ΛleΙͺbΙz/
noun
- Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- The act of a mother giving birth.
verb
- To toil, to work.
- To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).“I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.”
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Source: Wiktionary
