Definitions
1.nounEffort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2.nounThat which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3.nounWorkers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4.nounA political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
5.nounThe act of a mother giving birth.
6.nounThe time period during which a mother gives birth.
7.nounThe pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
8.nounAn old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
9.verbTo toil, to work.
10.verbTo belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc)."I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."
11.verbTo be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
12.verbTo suffer the pangs of childbirth.
13.verbTo pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.