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labour

Noun

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: labor, proletariat, working class
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, labor, lying-in, parturiency, travail
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, labor, labour party
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: labor, toil

Verb

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, labor, moil, toil, travail
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, labor, push, tug

verb group: bear on, push - press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
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: labor

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