labour
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Is labour a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of labour?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.Examples: "In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."uncountable
2. (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.uncountable
3. (medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth.countableuncountable
4. (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.countableuncountable
5. (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.Examples: "the establishment of a new settlement are entitled to five sitios of grazing land, and five labors (equal to 23,025 acres)"Synonyms: quarter-sectioncountablehistoricaluncountable
6. (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.countableuncommonuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To toil, to work.Examples: "Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern."; ""Crab" 2-6-0 No 42802 labours up to Beattock Summit with a northbound freight from Carlisle in August 1960."Synonyms: grindintransitive
2. (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).Examples: "I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."; "It is needless to labor a point which is so well known. Everyone understands and appreciates the joy of finding that the long darkness is giving way, that the Sun is growing in strength, and that the days are winning a victory over the nights."transitive
3. (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.Examples: "the ship laboured so much, and took in so much water in her upper works, that we could neither eat, nor sleep dry"
name (English)
1. (UK, New Zealand) Short for the Labour Party.Synonyms: LiebourNew-ZealandUKabbreviationalt-of
2. (Australia) Misspelling of Labor, an Australian political party.Australiaalt-ofmisspelling
Definition source: Wiktionary