travail
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Definitions
Noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Noun
use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
Verb
work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonyms
childbed
confinement
dig
drudge
effort
elbow grease
exertion
fag
grind
labor
labour
lying-in
moil
parturiency
sweat
toil