travail
noun
- 1
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
he got an A for effort
they managed only with great exertion
- 2
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours
verb
- 1
work hard
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
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