Word of the Week: Labour

1. hard physical work especially done for wages

The cost will depend on the amount of ~.

Modern farming has been mechanized. There is no need for ~.

Society doesn’t divide ~ based on gender any more. Women often do hard physical ~ these days.

2. great physical or mental effort

Completing this exercise was great ~.

Lifting the the trunk was labour beyond his strength.

3. the process of pushing the baby out of one’s womb during the last stage of pregnancy

She went into labour at 12 P.M.

She was in ~ for 12 hours.

Each ~ is different.

4. Workers in a company or country, especially people who work with their hands

skilled/unskilled/cheap/local/temporary ~

We brought in skilled ~ from abroad, because we didn’t have enough.

We use cheap temporary ~ in summer to gather the grapes for wine.

1. to do hard physical work

He travelled through Asia labouring to pay his bills.

2. to do something slowly or with great physical or mental effort

She has been labouring over the same drawing for five days now.

1. belonging to or connected to Labour Party: Labour voters, the Labour candidate

Pierre Polek was the Labour candidate.

Labour will win in the next election..

I voted Labour in the last election.

2. labour pains

Most women are terrified of ~ pains.

~ pain may be so intense that many women ask for epidural during delivery.

Labour of love: something done for pleasure rather than advantage

Making special dinner for her boyfriend was a ~ of love. She loved doing that for him.