labor
     n 1: productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
          "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn:
          {labour}, {toil}]
     2: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work
        for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this
        field" [syn: {labour}, {working class}, {proletariat}]
     3: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
        the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
        [syn: {parturiency}, {labour}, {confinement}, {lying-in},
        {travail}, {childbed}]
     4: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by
        united action especially via labor unions (especially the
        leaders of this movement) [syn: {labor movement}, {trade
        union movement}]
     5: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900;
        characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and
        the socialization of key industries [syn: {Labour Party},
        {Labour}, {Labor Party}]
     6: the federal department responsible for promoting the working
        conditions of wage earners in the United States; created
        in 1913 [syn: {Department of Labor}, {Labor Department}, {DoL}]
     7: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
        prepared for great undertakings" [syn: {undertaking}, {project},
         {task}]
     v 1: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for
          years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a
          little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at
          her doctoral thesis" [syn: {tug}, {labour}, {push}, {drive}]
     2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
        "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labour}, {toil},
         {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
     3: undergo the efforts of childbirth [syn: {labour}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0