labour
     n 1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work
          for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this
          field" [syn: {labor}, {working class}, {proletariat}]
     2: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
        the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
        [syn: {parturiency}, {labor}, {confinement}, {lying-in}, {travail},
         {childbed}]
     3: 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},
        {Labor Party}, {Labor}]
     4: productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
        "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: {labor},
         {toil}]
     v 1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
          "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {toil},
           {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
     2: 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}, {labor}, {push}, {drive}]
     3: undergo the efforts of childbirth [syn: {labor}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0