Definition of labor

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Labor (n.) Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history..

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Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine..
Overwork :: Overwork (v. t.) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
Harvest :: Harvest (n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers..
Laboring :: Laboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Labo.
Elaborate :: Elaborate (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes..
Indolent :: Indolent (a.) Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man..
Corsage :: Corsage (n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere..
Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..
Fatigue :: Fatigue (n.) The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war..
Unlabored :: Unlabored (a.) Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field..
Labor :: Labor (v. t.) To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care..
Metecorn :: Metecorn (n.) A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service..
Cooperator :: Cooperator (n.) One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.
Plasmogen :: Plasmogen (n.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen..
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow..
Hew :: Hew (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher..
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