"labor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /leɪbə/ Audio: en-uk-labour.ogg [UK] Forms: labor [singular], labors [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Labor is the work that people do, usually lifting, moving, building, etc. rather than desk work.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-noun-Vm6TVigr
  2. Labor are the people who do this kind of work.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-noun-kX~D6NRg
  3. Labor is the process a pregnant woman goes through when she is giving birth.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-noun-H0dlMN39
  4. Labor is the name of a big political party in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-noun-dt0y84kS

Verb [English]

IPA: /leɪbə/ Audio: en-uk-labour.ogg [UK] Forms: labor [canonical], labors [third-person, singular], labored [past], labored [past, participle], laboring [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you labor, you work hard.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-verb-81CZ2p8S Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you labor the point, you keep talking about it after people understand it well.
    Sense id: simple-labor-en-verb-u-sjfhqv
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