Labor — La bor (l[=a] b[ e]r), n. [OE. labour, OF. labour, laber, labur, F. labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. lamba nein to take, Skr. labh to get, seize.] [Written also {labour}.] 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labor — La bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Labored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laboring}.] [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See {Labor}, n.] [Written also {labour}.] 1. To exert muscular strength; to exert one s strength with painful effort, particularly in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labor — La bor, v. t. [F. labourer, L. laborare.] 1. To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil. [1913 Webster] The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children. W. Tooke. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or fabricate with toil,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labor — puede referirse a: Trabajo Labor (minería) Costura Labores de Lagartera, bordados Labores de la casa Véase también: trabajo doméstico Topónimos Terra di Lavoro, también llamado Labor, Italia Las Labores, España … Wikipedia Español
Labor — (lat.), 1) Arbeit; 2) Kummer, Elend. als Personification, s. Eris … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
labor — laboringly, adv. laborless, adj. /lay beuhr/, n. 1. productive activity, esp. for the sake of economic gain. 2. the body of persons engaged in such activity, esp. those working for wages. 3. this body of persons considered as a class… … Universalium
Labor — Biochemisches Labor … Deutsch Wikipedia
labor — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French labur, from Latin labor; perhaps akin to Latin labare to totter, labi to slip more at sleep Date: 14th century 1. a. expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Labor — Childbirth, the aptly named experience of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to the outside world. There are two stages of labor. During the first stage (called the stage of dilatation), the cervix dilates fully to a… … Medical dictionary
Labor — Pour la maison d édition belge francophone, voir Éditions Labor. Une Labor 250 de 1932 à moteur Zürcher … Wikipédia en Français
labor — 1. noun /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ a) Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. ...so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it... b) Workers in… … Wiktionary
