| NOUN | state | travail, parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy |
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| act | travail, effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat | use of physical or mental energy | |
| VERB | social | travail, labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil | work hard |
| Sounds | trahvey'l | |
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| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. | |
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| Synonyms | parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed | |
| Part of | pregnancy, gestation, maternity | The state of being pregnant |
| Parts | asynclitism, obliquity | The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
| effacement | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | |
| uterine contraction | A rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal | |
| Narrower | premature labor, premature labour | labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation |
| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
| Spanish | embarazo, gestación | |
| Catalan | embaràs, gestació | |
| Meaning | Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. | |
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| Synonyms | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat | |
| Narrower | application, diligence | A diligent effort |
| exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout | The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | |
| friction, detrition, rubbing | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | |
| least effort, least resistance | The least effortful way to do something | |
| overexertion | excessive exertion | |
| overkill | Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | |
| pull | A sustained effort | |
| strain, straining | An intense or violent exertion | |
| struggle | strenuous effort | |
| supererogation | An effort above and beyond the call of duty | |
| trouble, difficulty | An effort that is inconvenient | |
| Broader | labor, labour, toil | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| Spanish | afán, dedicación, desvelo, esfuerzo | |
| Catalan | afany, dedicació, esforç, feinada | |
| Verbs | travail | work hard |
| Meaning | Work hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Spanish | afanarse, fatigarse, trabajar duro | |
| Nouns | travail | use of physical or mental energy |
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