labor

  • 1labor — I (exertion) noun discipline, effort, endeavor, energy, enterprise, industry, mental toil, pains, strain, strife II (work) noun advocation, assignment, calling, craft, duty, employ, employment, job, line of business, line of work, occupation,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Labor — 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

  • 3Labor — 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

  • 4Labor — 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

  • 5Labor — 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

  • 6labor — the American spelling of labour * * * labor UK US /ˈleɪbər/ noun [U] US HR ► LABOUR(Cf. ↑labour) …

    Financial and business terms

  • 7Labor — (lat.), 1) Arbeit; 2) Kummer, Elend. als Personification, s. Eris …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 8labor — (Del lat. labor, trabajo.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Acción y resultado de trabajar: ■ labores agrícolas; labores domésticas. SINÓNIMO faena tarea trabajo 2 TEXTIL Cualquier trabajo de los que se hacen con hilo, a mano o a máquina, como bordar,… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 9labor — 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

  • 10Labor — Biochemisches Labor …

    Deutsch Wikipedia