labor

labor (http://definr.com/labor)

     n 1: productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
          "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn:
          labour, toil]
     2: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work
        for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this
        field" [syn: labour, working class, proletariat]
     3: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
        the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
        [syn: parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in,
        travail, childbed]
     4: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by
        united action especially via labor unions (especially the
        leaders of this movement) [syn: labor movement, {trade
        union movement}]
     5: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900;
        characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and
        the socialization of key industries [syn: Labour Party,
        Labour, Labor Party, Labor]
     6: the federal department responsible for promoting the working
        conditions of wage earners; created in 1913 [syn: {Department
        of Labor}, Labor Department, Labor]
     7: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
        prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project,
         task]
     v 1: exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "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" [syn: tug, labour, push, drive]
     2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
        "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labour, toil,
         fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]