[ˈleɪbə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- work, especially physical work
(e.g: the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT)

- the Labour Party
(e.g: the Labour leader)

- the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
(e.g: a woman in labour)

- a group of moles
(e.g: a labour of moles toils with the Earth)


Phrases:
- labour of Hercules
- labour of love
- labour the point

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor ‘toil, trouble’

[ˈleɪbə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- work hard; make great effort
(e.g: they laboured from dawn to dusk)

- have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
(e.g: United laboured against confident opponents)

- (of a woman in childbirth) be in labour
(e.g: she laboured very well and comfortably because she was relaxed)


Phrases:
- labour of Hercules
- labour of love
- labour the point

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor ‘toil, trouble’