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English noun: travail | |||
| 1. | travail (state) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | ||
| Samples | She was in labor for six hours. | ||
| Synonyms | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | premature labor, premature labour | ||
| Part holonym | asynclitism, effacement, obliquity, uterine contraction | ||
| Part meronym | gestation, maternity, pregnancy | ||
| 2. | travail (act) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | ||
| Samples | He got an A for effort. They managed only with great exertion. | ||
| Synonyms | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | labor, labour, toil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | application, detrition, difficulty, diligence, exercise, exercising, friction, least effort, least resistance, overexertion, overkill, physical exercise, physical exertion, pull, rubbing, strain, straining, struggle, supererogation, trouble, workout | ||
English verb: travail | |||
| 1. | travail (social) work hard | ||
| Samples | She was digging away at her math homework. Lexicographers drudge all day long. | ||
| Synonyms | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
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