1. chiefly british variant of labor.

1. effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
3. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
4. the act of a mother giving birth.
5. the time period during which a mother gives birth.
6. to toil, to work.
7. to belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

1. same as labor; -- british spelling.

1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
3. a political party formed in great britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
4. undergo the efforts of childbirth
5. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
6. work hard
7. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages