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English noun: labor | |||
| 1. | labor (group) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | ||
| Samples | There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field. | ||
| Synonyms | labour, proletariat, working class | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | labor force, labor pool, lumpenproletariat, organized labor | ||
| Member holonym | prole, proletarian, worker | ||
| 2. | labor (act) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | ||
| Samples | His labor did not require a great deal of skill. | ||
| Synonyms | labour, toil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | corvee, donkeywork, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, exertion, grind, hackwork, haymaking, hunt, hunting, manual labor, manual labour, overwork, overworking, plodding, roping, slavery, sweat, travail | ||
| 3. | labor (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, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail | ||
| 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 | ||
| 4. | labor (group) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | ||
| Synonyms | labor movement, trade union movement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reform movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, trade unionism, unionism | ||
| Part holonym | brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union | ||
| 5. | Labor (group) a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries | ||
| Synonyms | British Labour Party, Labour, Labour Party | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | labor party, labour party | ||
| Member holonym | Labourite | ||
| 6. | Labor (group) the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 | ||
| Synonyms | Department of Labor, DoL, Labor Department | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | executive department | ||
| Part holonym | Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA | ||
| 7. | labor (act) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | ||
| Samples | He prepared for great undertakings. | ||
| Synonyms | project, task, undertaking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adventure, assignment, baby, breeze, child's play, cinch, dangerous undertaking, duck soup, endeavor, endeavour, endurance contest, enterprise, escapade, labor of love, labour of love, large order, marathon, no-brainer, picnic, piece of cake, proposition, pushover, risky venture, snap, tall order, venture, walkover | ||
| Instance hyponym | Manhattan Project | ||
English verb: labor | |||
| 1. | labor (social) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | drive, labour, push, tug | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fight, struggle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reach, strain, strive | ||
| Verb group | bear on, push | ||
| 2. | labor (social) work hard | ||
| Samples | She was digging away at her math homework. Lexicographers drudge all day long. | ||
| Synonyms | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, toil, travail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| 3. | labor (body) undergo the efforts of childbirth | ||
| Synonyms | labour | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undergo | ||
| Entail | bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have | ||
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