labor

1. A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (synset 108197557)
   "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
   is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational status
   subtypes:

   • labor force, labor pool - the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
   • lumpenproletariat - (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
   • organized labor - employees who are represented by a labor union
   member holonym: prole, proletarian, worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
   same as: labour, proletariat, working class
2. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (synset 100621992)
   "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
   is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing something
   subtypes:

   • roping - capturing cattle or horses with a lasso
   • corvee - unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes
   • donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding - hard monotonous routine work
   • effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail - use of physical or mental energy; hard work
   • hunt, hunting - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
   • hackwork - professional work done according to formula
   • haymaking - cutting grass and curing it to make hay
   • manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands
   • overwork, overworking - the act of working too much or too long
   • slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
   same as: labour, toil
3. Concluding state of pregnancy;
   From the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (synset 114071923)
   "she was in labor for six hours"
   is a type of: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition - the process of giving birth
   subtypes: premature labor, premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
   has:

   • uterine contraction - a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
   • effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
   • asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
   is a part of: gestation, maternity, pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
   same as: childbed, confinement, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail
4. An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (synset 108489901)
   is a type of: reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
   subtypes:

   • i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
   • trade unionism, unionism - the system or principles and theory of labor unions
   has: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
   same as: labor movement, trade union movement
5. A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900;
   Characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries (synset 108278241)
   is a type of: labor party, labour party - a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people
   member holonym: labourite - a member of the British Labour Party
   same as: british labour party, labour, labour party
6. The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States;
   Created in 1913 (synset 108154495)
   is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
   has: occupational safety and health administration, osha - a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
   same as: department of labor, dol, labor department
7. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (synset 100797381)
   "he prepared for great undertakings"
   is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing something
   subtypes:

   • breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover - any undertaking that is easy to do
   • adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture - a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
   • assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
   • baby - a project of personal concern to someone
   • endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
   • labor of love, labour of love - productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
   • endurance contest, marathon - any long and arduous undertaking
   • no-brainer - anything that requires little thought
   • proposition - a task to be dealt with
   • large order, tall order - a formidable task or requirement
   • venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
   specific instances: manhattan project - code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
   same as: project, task, undertaking

1. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal (synset 202412046)
   "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"
   is a type of: fight, struggle - make a strenuous or labored effort
   subtypes: reach, strain, strive - to exert much effort or energy
   same as: drive, labour, push, tug
   verb group: bear on, push - press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
2. Work hard (synset 202424873)
   "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
   is a type of: do work, work - be employed
   same as: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, toil, travail
3. Undergo the efforts of childbirth (synset 200057220)
   entail: bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have - cause to be born
   is a type of: undergo - pass through
   same as: labour

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