travail

n 1: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to

the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

[syn: {parturiency}, {labor}, {labour}, {confinement}, {lying-in},

{childbed}]

2: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A

for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn:

{effort}, {elbow grease}, {exertion}, {sweat}]

v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn:

{labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig},

{moil}]