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Definição de 'labor'

Frequência da palavra

labor

(leɪbəʳ )

COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Frequência da palavra

labor in American

(ˈleɪbər ; lāˈbər)

substantivo

1.

physical or mental exertion; work; toil

2.

a specific task; piece of work

3.

a.

all wage-earning workers as a group

see also capital1, or management

b.

all manual workers whose work is characterized largely by physical exertion

4.

labor unions collectively

5.

the work accomplished by or the role in production of all workers, esp. workers for wages

6. [L-]

Labor Party

7. Medicine

the process or period of childbirth; parturition; esp., the muscular contractions of giving birth

verbo intransitivo

8.

to work; toil

9.

to work hard; exert oneself to get or do something; strive

10.

a.

to move slowly and with difficulty

the car labored up the hill

b.

to pitch and roll heavily

the ship labored in the rough sea

11.

to be afflicted or burdened with a liability or limitation (with under)

to labor under a delusion

12.

to undergo, and suffer the pains of, childbirth

verbo transitivo

13.

to spend too much time and effort on; develop in too great detail

to labor a point

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Origem da palavra labor

OFr < L, labor, orig., hardship, pain, prob. < base of labi, to slip, totter: see lap1

Frequência da palavra

labor in British

(ˈleɪbə )

verbo, substantivo

the US spelling of labour

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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Watching them labor, making no sound of complaint, Joe could not help the shameful thought that perhaps it was better they felt nothing. Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)Lawrence yelled Arleen's name, and stepped forward to pull the brute from his labor. Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)She returned to the labor of descent determined not to look up at the sky again, whether she heard cries or no. Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)

From the looks of things around the toi, male and female labor among the Karadeen was divided along fairly traditional roles. Bart Davis DESTROY THE KENTUCKY (2001)

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