travail – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
travail
v.
work hard, toil; suffer from pains of childbirth
n.
difficult work, labor; intense pains of childbirth; suffering caused by hardship
Travail
travail
Noun
1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
(synonym) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed
(hypernym) parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
(hyponym) premature labor, premature labour
(part-holonym) pregnancy, gestation, maternity
(part-meronym) uterine contraction
2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
(synonym) effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat
(hypernym) labor, labour, toil
(hyponym) struggle
(derivation) labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Verb
1. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
(synonym) labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat
travail
nm.
work, labor; occupation, task, engagement; business, place; pursuit, working, game
Travail
(v. t.)
To harass; to tire.
(n.)
To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
(n.)
To labor with pain; to toil.
(n.)
Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
(n.)
Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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