See travail in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
drudgery, labor, moil, toil, work. (Informal) sweat. (Chiefly British) fag. Idiom: sweat of one's brow. See workThe act or process of bringing forth young:
accouchement, birth, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying-in, parturition. See start
verb
To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:
drive, fag, labor, moil, strain1, strive, sweat, toil, tug, work. Idiom: break one's back (or neck). See work
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