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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
tra·vail    Audio Help   [truh-veyl, trav-eyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
2.pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
3.the pain of childbirth.
–verb (used without object)
4.to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
5.to toil or exert oneself.
[Origin: 1200–50; (v.) ME travaillen < OF travaillier to torment < VL *trepaliāre to torture, deriv. of LL trepālium torture chamber, lit., instrument of torture made with three stakes (see tri-, pale2); (n.) ME < OF: suffering, deriv. of travailler]

—Synonyms 1. labor, moil. 2. torment, agony.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  travail
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  agony, anguish, childbirth, distress, drudgery, effort, exertion, labor, pains, pangs, parturition, stress, struggle, suffering, toil, tribulation, woe, work
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  birth
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act or process of bringing forth young.
Synonyms:  accouchement, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying-in, parturition
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  labor
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting.
Synonyms:  drudgery, moil, toil, work
Idioms:  sweat of one's brow
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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