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travail::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency |
| Type of | parturition, giving birth, birth, birthing |
| Has types | premature labour, premature labor |
travail::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat |
| Type of | labor, labour, toil |
| Has types | straining, struggle, supererogation, trouble, workout, application, detrition, difficulty, diligence, exercise, exercising, friction, least effort, least resistance, overexertion, overkill, physical exercise, physical exertion, pull, rubbing, strain |
Examples of travail
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Airport workers kept telling me how travel is etymologically related to travail.
From the time.com
Kate Gosselin tells of travail on the trails Kate Gosselin is not a happy camper.
From the timesunion.com
Travelling, especially staying in a hotel, could cause travail for all concerned.
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The travail of Britain's Margaret Thatcher is the most publicized recent example.
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As painful as it may have been, at least that seemed to be the end of his travail.
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Creation groans in travail, waiting to be united through the true children of God.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Some traces of time and travail were kept to maintain overall equilibrium.
From the washingtonpost.com
So I understood that travail of just talking to people and telling stories.
From the sfgate.com
The travail of the Ashes, more acute for this pair than any other, at last was purged.
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- Labor: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
- Parturiency: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
- Effort: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
- Travail was a Christian nu metal / rapcore band based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas. Fronted by Matt Leslie, it had an intense following at Club 412, a local church-sponsored lounge and music venue located in southwest Fort Worth. ...
- Work, especially when arduous or painful; excessive labor, suffering. [from 13th c.]; Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]; An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). [14th-18th c.]; The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c. ...
- Labor, work, toil, painful effort.
