: expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory
: human activity that provides the goods or services in an economy
: the services performed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entrepreneurs for profits
: to exert one's powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort : work
: to move with great effort
: to be in the labor of giving birth
: of or relating to labor
: of, relating to, or constituting a political party held to represent the interests of workers or made up largely of organized labor groups
: to attack verbally
: to beat soundly
: to explain or insist on excessively
: an individual detail : item
: a distinguishing detail
: the most important essential in a discussion or matter
: to furnish with a point : sharpen
: to give added force, emphasis, or piquancy to
: to scratch out the old mortar from the joints of (something, such as a brick wall) and fill in with new material
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