1. (

• parturiency ,
• labor ,
• labour ,
• confinement ,
• lying-in ,
• travail ,
• childbed

) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" ;

2. (

• effort ,
• elbow_grease ,
• exertion ,
• travail ,
• sweat

) use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" ;

1. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• toil ,
• fag ,
• travail ,
• grind ,
• drudge ,
• dig ,
• moil

) work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" ;