Labour

Meaning

Noun

●

Effort

expended

on a particular

task

;

toil

, work.

●

That which

for its

; that which

effort.

●

Workers

; the

, the

; sometimes

the

●

the

of labour.

●

In Medicine & Obstetrics:

The

act

of a

mother

giving

birth.

●

The

time period

during which a

mother

gives

birth.

●

In Nautical:

The

of a

which results in the

and rigging.

●

traditional

unit

of area in Mexico and Texas,

equivalent

to 177.1

acres

or 71.67 ha.

●

In Zoology:

A group of moles.

Verb

●

toil

, to work.

●

, to

upon (a point in a

, etc).

●

To be

with

; to do

work under

which

especially

; to

, or under a burden.

●

suffer

the

pangs

of childbirth.

●

In Nautical:

, as a

in a

sea.

Name

●

Short for the Labour Party.

●

Misspelling of Labor, an Australian political party.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

labour

English

labouren

Middle English (1100-1500)

laborer

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

laborare

Latin

laboro

Latin

labor

Latin

Sourced from

Etym

Rhymes

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Labour

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Noun

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