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- Definition
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- labor :a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- labor :strive and 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
- labor :productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- labor :work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework|Lexicographers drudge all day long
- labor :concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- she was in labor for six hours
- labor :any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- labor :undergo the efforts of childbirth
- labor :an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement