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labor

Definition

  • noun: physical or mental effort
  • noun: expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory
  • verb: to do work
  • verb: to exert one's powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: work, drudgery, exertion

Examples

  • The company has a history of poor 'labor relations'. [=the workers and the managers of the company have had many disputes]

  • I don't want to 'labor' [='belabor'] 'the point', but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.

  • She worked hard for many years, but now she has retired and is able to 'enjoy the fruits of her labor/labors'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) where they had come that night, Allie would find a way to come back to him. Some called it a labor of love. Others called it something else. But in fact, Noah had gone a little mad. - Excuse me. (..)
    2004 The Notebook