Definition of travail - WordReference.com Dictionary

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travail
A	noun
	1	effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
			use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚labor; labour; toil ╚effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat ╚friction; detrition; rubbing ╚overexertion ╚supererogation ╚overkill ╚application; diligence ╚pull ╚exercise; exercising; physical exercise; physical exertion; workout ╚strain; straining ╚least effort; least resistance ╚trouble; difficulty ╚struggle
	2	parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
			concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚parturition; birth; giving birth; birthing ╚parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed ╚premature labor; premature labour
B	verb
	1	labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
			work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
		Category Tree: work; do work ╚labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil

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