labors

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US spelling of

the Labor Party, an Australian political party that believes in social equality and the rights of workers

practical work, esp. work that involves physical effort:

The car parts themselves are not expensive – it’s the labor that costs so much.

Labor also refers to the workers themselves, esp. those who do practical work with their hands:

skilled/unskilled labor

A labor-saving device or method is one that saves a lot of effort and time.

the last stage of pregnancy when the muscles of the uterus start to push the baby out of the body, usually lasting until the baby appears:

She went into (= started) labor at twelve o’clock last night.

to do hard physical work:

[ + to infinitive ] Hours after the explosion, rescue teams were still laboring to free those trapped.

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