Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb labour
1 of 2 senses of labour
Sense 2
tug, labor, labour, push drive
=> strive, reach, strain
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb labour
1 of 2 senses of labour
Sense 2
tug, labor, labour, push drive
=> strive, reach, strain
=> overstrain
=> extend oneself
=> kill oneself, overexert oneself
=> trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
Entailment of verb labour
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb labour
2 senses of labour
Sense 1
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> work do work
Sense 2
tug, labor, labour, push drive
=> fight, struggle
Familiarity of verb labour
labour used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb labour
Sense 1
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> work do work
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Sense 2
tug, labor, labour, push drive
=> fight, struggle
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Grep of noun labour
international labour organization
labour
labour of love
labour pains
labour party
labourer
labourite
manual labour
premature labour
Overview of noun labour
The noun labour has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) labor, labour, working class, proletariat -- (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field")
2. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed -- (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours")
3. Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party, Labor -- (a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries)
4. labor, labour, toil -- (productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill")
Overview of verb labour
The verb labour has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil -- (work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")
2. tug, labor, labour, push drive -- (exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "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")
Grep of adj labour
labour-intensive
laboured
labouring
labourious
laboursaving
Overview of noun labour
The noun labour has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) labor, labour, working class, proletariat -- (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field")
2. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed -- (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours")
3. Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party, Labor -- (a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries)
4. labor, labour, toil -- (productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill")
Overview of verb labour
The verb labour has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil -- (work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")
2. tug, labor, labour, push drive -- (exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "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")
labour definition
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