labour
la-bour
noun
Hard physical or mental work, effort, or toil.
"The project required much labour."
noun
Workers as a group, especially manual workers.
"The company needs more skilled labour."
noun
The process of childbirth, from contractions to delivery.
"She went into labour early."
verb
To work hard, especially physically, or to make great effort.
"They laboured all day in the fields."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: undertaking, project, task, labor, toil, proletariat, working class, Labour Party, British Labour Party, drive, tug, push