Synonyms:
labor, labour, working_class, proletariat
Meaning: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Synonyms:
labor, labour, toil
Meaning: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
Meaning: strive and 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"
Synonyms:
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Meaning: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Usage examples
MACHINERY AND LABOR
III. DIVISION OF LABOR
He had lived by his own labor.
CONDITIONS FOR EFFICIENT LABOR
Such was the fifth labor of Hercules.
To kill these dreadful birds was the sixth labor.
The taking of the mares of Diomedes was the eighth labor.
Adequately paid labor is the foundation of all prosperity."
Equal partition abolishes emulation; and consequently labor.
As his second labor, Hercules was sent to slay this creature.