travail
Noun
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; “she was in labor for six hours”
- Synonyms
- parturiency
- labor
- labour
- confinement
- lying-in
- childbed
- Less specific
- parturition
- birth
- giving birth
- birthing
- More specific
- premature labor
- premature labour
- Parts
- uterine contraction
- effacement
- asynclitism
- obliquity
- Part of
- pregnancy
- gestation
- maternity
- Related
- labor
- labour
- labor
- labour
- parturient
- parturient
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work; “he got an A for effort”; “they managed only with great exertion”
- Synonyms
- effort
- elbow grease
- exertion
- sweat
- Less specific
- More specific
- struggle
- trouble
- difficulty
- least effort
- least resistance
- strain
- straining
- exercise
- exercising
- physical exercise
- physical exertion
- workout
- pull
- application
- diligence
- overkill
- supererogation
- overexertion
- friction
- detrition
- rubbing
- Related
- labor
- labour
- toil
- fag
- travail
- grind
- drudge
- dig
- moil
- exert
Verb
- work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long”
- Synonyms
- labor
- labour
- toil
- fag
- grind
- drudge
- dig
- moil
- Less specific
- Related
- drudge
- peon
- navvy
- galley slave
- hack
- drudge
- hacker
- drudgery
- plodding
- grind
- donkeywork
- swot
- grind
- nerd
- wonk
- dweeb
- drudgery
- plodding
- grind
- donkeywork
- effort
- elbow grease
- exertion
- travail
- sweat
- toiler
- labor
- labour
- toil
- labor
- labour
- toil
- laborer
- manual laborer
- labourer
- jack
- labor
- labour
- toil
- undertaking
- project
- task
- labor
- laborer
- manual laborer
- labourer
- jack