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a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work<one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas>— see chore 2
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the active use of energy in producing a result<much labor went into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt>— see effort
3
very hard or unpleasant work<he was forced to do six months of hard labor in the mines as punishment>— see toil
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the act or process of giving birth to children<the motherʼs labor lasted for six hours>— see childbirth
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