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labour
noun
physical
or
mental
work
,
especially
hard
effort
•
Restoring
the
old
cottage
involved
months
of
labour
.
Restoring
the
old
cottage
involved
months
of
labour
.
•
Heavy
labour
in
the
factory
left
him
exhausted
every
evening
.
Heavy
labour
in
the
factory
left
him
exhausted
every
evening
.
From
Latin
labor
“
toil
,
work
.”
noun
-
labour
workers
,
especially
those
who
do
physical
work
,
considered
as
a
group
•
Labour
in
Britain
gained
many
rights
in
the
20th
century
.
Labour
in
Britain
gained
many
rights
in
the
20th
century
.
•
The
union
represents
thousands
of
skilled
labour
across
the
region
.
The
union
represents
thousands
of
skilled
labour
across
the
region
.
Sense
emerged
with
industrialisation
in
Britain
.
noun
-
labour
the
process
in
which
a
woman
’
s
body
contracts
and
pushes
to
give
birth
to
a
baby
•
The
midwife
confirmed
she
was
in
active
labour
.
The
midwife
confirmed
she
was
in
active
labour
.
•
Many
women
choose
water
labour
for
comfort
.
Many
women
choose
water
labour
for
comfort
.
Transferred
medical
sense
recorded
since
the
16th
century
.
verb
-
labour
,
labouring
,
labours
,
laboured
to
work
hard
or
to
move
with
great
effort
•
They
laboured
for
years
to
restore
the
castle
.
They
laboured
for
years
to
restore
the
castle
.
•
The
cyclist
laboured
up
the
final
ascent
.
The
cyclist
laboured
up
the
final
ascent
.
From
Latin
laborare
“
to
toil
.”
labourer
noun
A
person
who
does
manual
or
physical
work
,
often
involving
heavy
lifting
or
construction
.
•
The
labourer
swung
his
hammer
to
drive
the
nail
into
the
wood
.
The
labourer
swung
his
hammer
to
drive
the
nail
into
the
wood
.
•
She
hired
a
labourer
to
help
with
the
garden
renovation
.
She
hired
a
labourer
to
help
with
the
garden
renovation
.
From
'
labour
'
(
hard
physical
work
)
+
the
suffix
'-er'
(
person
who
does
something
).
