labour, v.
(laboured, labouring, labours)
(laboured, labouring, labours)
undergo the efforts of childbirth
<verb.body>
labor labour
verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
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strive and make an effort to reach a goal
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
drive labor labour push tug
sample sentences
"She tugged for years to make a decent living""We have to push a little to make the deadline!"
"She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
verb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVEverb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVEverb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVEverb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVEverb frames
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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work hard
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dig drudge fag grind labor labour moil toil travail
sample sentences
"She was digging away at her math homework""Lexicographers drudge all day long"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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