n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

n. the act of delivering a child

n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

n. hard monotonous routine work

n. an intense or violent exertion

n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

n. people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

n. a federation (as of American Indians)

n. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

n. disparaging terms for the common people

n. a member of the middle class

n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

v. state categorically

v. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"