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Noun
S:
(n)
labor
,
labour
,
toil
(productive work (especially physical work done for wages))
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Verb
S:
(v)
labor
,
labour
,
toil
,
fag
,
travail
,
grind
,
drudge
,
dig
,
moil
(work hard)
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
labor
[Related to:
labor
] (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
W:
(n)
labor
[Related to:
labor
] (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)
"he prepared for great undertakings"
W:
(n)
laborer
[Related to:
labor
] (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
W:
(n)
labour
[Related to:
labour
] (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
W:
(n)
labourer
[Related to:
labour
] (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
W:
(n)
toiler
[Related to:
toil
] (one who works strenuously)
W:
(n)
toil
[Related to:
toil
] (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
W:
(n)
travail
[Related to:
travail
] (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
W:
(n)
grind
[Related to:
grind
] (an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious)
W:
(n)
grind
[Related to:
grind
] (hard monotonous routine work)
W:
(n)
drudge
[Related to:
drudge
] (a laborer who is obliged to do menial work)
W:
(n)
drudge
[Related to:
drudge
] (one who works hard at boring tasks)
W:
(n)
drudgery
[Related to:
drudge
] (hard monotonous routine work)
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