1. Noun
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
2. Verb
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
3. Verb
To weary; to overlabor.
4. Verb
To labor; to work; -- often with out.
5. Verb
Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
6. Noun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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