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1. Doing arduous or unpleasant work
   "the bent backs of labouring slaves picking cotton"; "labouring peasants"
   - drudging, laboring [US], toiling

1. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   "She laboured for years to make a decent living"; "She laboured for years to make a decent living"
   - tug, labor [US], push, drive, sweat
    
2. Work hard
   "Lexicographers labour all day long"; "Lexicographers labour all day long"
   - labor [US], toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer]
    
3. Undergo the efforts of childbirth
   - labor [US]

See also: busy, labourer [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: do work, experience, fight, have, struggle, undergo, work

Encyclopedia: Labour