ALL meanings of prolabor
la·bor
P p - noun prolabor productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. 1
- noun prolabor the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages. 1
- noun prolabor this body of persons considered as a class (distinguished from management and capital). 1
- noun prolabor physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil. 1
- noun prolabor a job or task done or to be done. 1
- noun prolabor the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth. 1
- noun prolabor the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth. 1
- noun prolabor (initial capital letter). Also called Labor Department. Informal. the Department of Labor. 1
- verb without object prolabor to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil. 1
- verb without object prolabor to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often followed by for): to labor for peace. 1
- verb without object prolabor to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed by under): to labor under a misapprehension. 1
- verb without object prolabor to be in the actual process of giving birth. 1
- verb without object prolabor to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship. 1
- verb with object prolabor to develop or dwell on in excessive detail: Don't labor the point. 1
- verb with object prolabor to burden or tire: to labor the reader with unnecessary detail. 1
- verb with object prolabor British Dialect. to work or till (soil or the like). 1
- adjective prolabor of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms. 1