noun
- physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind
- workers as a group, especially those doing manual work
- the process of childbirth, especially the period of contractions
Usage: medical
verb
- to work hard; to exert oneself
- to move or proceed with difficulty
Examples
- The construction required months of hard labor.
- Labor and management reached a new agreement.
- She went into labor at midnight.
- The farmers labored in the fields from dawn to dusk.
- The old truck labored up the steep hill.
- Skilled labor is in high demand.
- He labored over his essay for hours.