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Definition of Travail
1. Verb. Work hard. "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Generic synonyms: Do Work, Work
Derivative terms: Drudge, Drudge, Drudgery, Grind, Grind, Labor, Labor, Laborer, Labour, Labourer, Toil, Toiler
2. Noun. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. "She was in labor for six hours"
Terms within: Uterine Contraction, Effacement, Asynclitism, Obliquity
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition
Group relationships: Gestation, Maternity, Pregnancy
Specialized synonyms: Premature Labor, Premature Labour
Derivative terms: Labor, Labour, Parturient, Parturient
3. Noun. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. "They managed only with great exertion"
Generic synonyms: Labor, Labour, Toil
Specialized synonyms: Struggle, Difficulty, Trouble, Least Effort, Least Resistance, Strain, Straining, Exercise, Exercising, Physical Exercise, Physical Exertion, Workout, Pull, Application, Diligence, Overkill, Supererogation, Overexertion, Detrition, Friction, Rubbing
Derivative terms: Exert
Definition of Travail
1. n. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
2. v. i. To labor with pain; to toil.
3. v. t. To harass; to tire.
4. n. Same as Travois.
Definition of Travail
1. Noun. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹
2. Noun. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete countable) An act of working; labor (qualifier US), labour (qualifier British). (defdate 14th-18th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. (defdate 17th c.) ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete form of travel) ¹
6. Verb. To toil. ¹
7. Verb. To go through the labor of childbirth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Travail
1. to toil [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: toil
Medical Definition of Travail
1. To harass; to tire. "As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility." (Hayward) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Travail
Literary usage of Travail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"2. 81 ; which may mean to trim or lop. Der. trash-y. travail ... Whence also
travail, ' the frame whereinto farriers put unruly horses,' Cot. ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... Alan Russia in travail. Liv Age 287:54-6 O 2 '15 Russia's neglected north.
Contemp 107:49-57 Ja '15 Letitia; story. GA Smith. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... to travail,) giveing the last Embraces to his onely Son, Brothers parting in
Tears, and the dearest ..."
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