labour

['leibə] 1. noun

1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbejde

2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbejdskraft

3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) veer

4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour; Arbejderpartiet

2. verb

1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbejde hårdt

2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) slide i det; arbejde hårdt

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- laborious

- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving

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['leibə] 1. noun

1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbejde

2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbejdskraft

3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) veer

4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour; Arbejderpartiet

2. verb

1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbejde hårdt

2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) slide i det; arbejde hårdt

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- laborious

- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving