labour
labour is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: productive work (especially physical work done for wages). Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
- noun. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
- noun. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
- noun. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
- verb. undergo the efforts of childbirth
- verb. 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!"
- verb. work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonyms
labor, toil, proletariat, childbed, confinement, parturiency, travail, drive, push, tug, dig, drudge, fag, grind, moil
Common word forms
labours, laboured, labourer, labouring, labourless
Words from these letters
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