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(noun) effort, elbow grease, sweat, exertion
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
he got an A for effort; they managed only with great exertion
(noun) childbed, parturiency, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours
(verb) moil, drudge, dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil
work hard
She was digging away at her math homework; Lexicographers drudge all day long