to labor

Definition of to labor in English English dictionary: The Australian Labor Party; Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work
so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it.; {n} pains, toil, work, childbirth; {i} political party which represents the interests of the worker; The pay and allowances due employees in exchange for the labor services they render in behalf of the transit agency The labor allowances include payments direct to the employee arising from the performance of a piece of work; see labour. the American spelling of labour. American Labor Party Canadian Labor Congress Farmer Labor Party Knights of Labor Labor Day National Labor Relations Board Labor Management Relations Act National Labor Relations Act American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations; Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history; The time period during which a mother gives birth; spelling of labour; see British/commonwealth entry for definitions, etymology, pronunciation, translations, etc; the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913; productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" undergo the efforts of childbirth work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long; undergo the efforts of childbirth; Any pang or distress; Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth; Led by Prime Minster Ehud Barak, the "One Israel" coalition of Labor, Gesher and Meimad holds 26 seats and is the largest party in the Knesset The Labor government under the control of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his successor Shimon Peres is credited with taking the historic steps of engineering and implementing the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, as well as with formally ending the state of war with Jordan; undergo the efforts of childbirth work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long; refers to the human effort to produce goods and services; a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"; a mine pit (see medidas de mina); Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labor movement, organised labor; 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"; All human exertion in the production of wealth; To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; The labor costs associated with making goods to be sold This labor is part of the cost of sales, part of the manufacturing and assembly The row heading refers to fulfillment costs as well, for service companies; To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea; Heavy rolling or pitching while underway; The period of contractions that change the cervix and ends with the birth of your baby; To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil; To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains; Choose as many of the defined labor sources as needed If selecting "Other" please include additional labor sources in the entry box provided; Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work; To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; often with under, and formerly with of; {f} work, toil, exert oneself; work hard, struggle (especially to attain a goal); move heavily; be troubled, suffer a disadvantage; give birth; discuss or think about excessively; tire; To belabor; to beat; the services performed by workers in return for wages; {i} strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work-force, workers; working class; uterine contractions; childbirth; a factor of production; the talents, training, and skills of people which contribute to the production of goods and services; concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"; The act of a mother giving birth; a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries; To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil; Resource that includes the total of physical and mental effort expended by people in the economy; any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"; work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"; To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care; A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177&frac17; acres; The labor is a unit of area used in Mexico and Texas In Texas it equals 177 14 acres (or 1 million square varas); The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging; productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"; That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort; - the physical and mental exertion that human beings put into production activities; A stope or set of stopes; Physical effort a person has to expend to repair, inspect, or deal with a problem It is expressed in hours, and can be divided by crafts or skills; Rates for all service work per hour; travay; To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument; an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement); All human exertion engaged in the production of wealth or performing a service