labour pains

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• labour pains — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑birth pangs, ↑labor pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang …   Useful english dictionary

• labour — labour1 W1S3 n BrE labor AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(workers)¦ 3¦(baby)¦ 4 a labour of love 5 somebody s labours ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WORK)¦[U] work, especially physical work ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• labour — 1 BrE, labor AmE noun 1 WORK (U) effort or work, especially physical work: The garage charges 30 an hour for labour. | manual labour (=work with tools you hold in your hands): Building still involves a lot of manual labour. | withdraw your labour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• labour — I UK [ˈleɪbə(r)] / US [ˈleɪbər] noun Word forms labour : singular labour plural labours *** 1) [uncountable] economics the workers in a particular country, industry, or company considered as a group the declining demand for labour in agriculture… …   English dictionary

• labour*/*/ — [ˈleɪbə] noun I 1) [U] the workers in a country, industry, or company when they are thought of as a group labour costs[/ex] a plentiful supply of cheap labour[/ex] the demand for skilled labour[/ex] 2) [U] workers organizations and their leaders… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• labour with — To take pains to convince • • • Main Entry: ↑labour …   Useful english dictionary

• labour — (BrE) (AmE labor) noun 1 work ADJECTIVE ▪ manual, physical ▪ back breaking, forced, hard ▪ He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime …   Collocations dictionary

• labour theory of value — The idea that labour is the ultimate source of all wealth a commonplace among the early political economists . Adam Smith , for example, argued that, in a market society in which workers owned their own means of production, the prices of goods… …   Dictionary of sociology

• labour — Labor La bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Labored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laboring}.] [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See {Labor}, n.] [Written also {labour}.] 1. To exert muscular strength; to exert one s strength with painful effort, particularly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• labour — la·bour || leɪbÉ™(r) n. work, toil; craft; entire body of workers; status of workers; work force; contractions of childbirth; childbirth (alternate spelling for labor) n. work, toil; bother, take pains; become weary, become tired; make an… …   English contemporary dictionary

• labor pains — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑birth pangs, ↑labour pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang * * * 1. pain encountered during the uterine contractions of childbirth. 2. difficulties, problems, or setbacks… …   Useful english dictionary