Labour vs. Labor
Labournoun
Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
Labournoun
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Labournoun
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
Labournoun
(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
Labournoun
The act of a mother giving birth.
Labournoun
The time period during which a mother gives birth.
Labournoun
(nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labournoun
An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
Labourverb
(intransitive) To toil, to work.
Labourverb
(transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
Labourverb
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
Labourverb
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
Labourverb
(nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Labournoun
Same as labor; - British spelling.
Labournoun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
Labournoun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
Labournoun
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
Labournoun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
Labourverb
work hard;
Labourverb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
Labourverb
undergo the efforts of childbirth
Labournoun
work, especially physical work
Labournoun
workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
Labournoun
workers considered as a social class or political force
Labournoun
a government department concerned with a nation's workforce
Labournoun
the Labour Party
Labournoun
the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
Labournoun
a group of moles
Labourverb
work hard; make great effort
Labourverb
work at an unskilled manual occupation
Labourverb
till (the ground)
Labourverb
have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
Labourverb
move or proceed with difficulty
Labourverb
(of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty
Labourverb
(of a ship) roll or pitch heavily
Labourverb
(of a woman in childbirth) be in labour
Labornoun
standard spelling of from=American spelling
Laborverb
standard spelling of from=American spelling
Labornoun
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
Labornoun
Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
Labornoun
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Labornoun
Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
Labornoun
Any pang or distress.
Labornoun
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labornoun
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177
Labornoun
A stope or set of stopes.
Laborverb
To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Laborverb
To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
Laborverb
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; - often with under, and formerly with of.
Laborverb
To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
Laborverb
To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Laborverb
To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
Laborverb
To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.
Laborverb
To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.
Laborverb
To belabor; to beat.
Labornoun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
Labornoun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
Labornoun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
Labornoun
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
Labornoun
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
Labornoun
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Labornoun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
Laborverb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
Laborverb
work hard;
Laborverb
undergo the efforts of childbirth
