slovo | definícia |
labor (mass) | labor
- práca, námaha, namáhať sa |
labor (encz) | labor,námaha Zdeněk Brož |
labor (encz) | labor,práce n: zejm. manuální joe@hw.cz |
labor (encz) | labor,pracovněprávní n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
Labor (gcide) | Labor \La"bor\ (l[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. labour, OF. labour,
laber, labur, F. labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. lamba`nein to
take, Skr. labh to get, seize.] [Written also labour.]
1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when
fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from
sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some
useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like;
servile toil; exertion; work.
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God hath set
Labor and rest, as day and night, to men
Successive. --Milton.
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2. Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of
compiling a history.
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3. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that
which demands effort.
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Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the exact
performance thereof we may rather wish than look
for. --Hooker.
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4. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
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The queen's in labor,
They say, in great extremity; and feared
She'll with the labor end. --Shak.
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5. Any pang or distress. --Shak.
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6. (Naut.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results
in the straining of timbers and rigging.
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7. [Sp.] A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to
an area of 1771/7 acres. --Bartlett.
8. (Mining.) A stope or set of stopes. [Sp. Amer.]
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Syn: Work; toil; drudgery; task; exertion; effort; industry;
painstaking. See Toll.
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Labor (gcide) | Labor \La"bor\, v. t. [F. labourer, L. laborare.]
1. To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
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The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only
labored by children. --W. Tooke.
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2. To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care. "To
labor arms for Troy." --Dryden.
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3. To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge
strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.
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4. To belabor; to beat. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Labor (gcide) | Labor \La"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Labored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Laboring.] [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See
Labor, n.] [Written also labour.]
1. To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with
painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to
work; to toil.
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Adam, well may we labor still to dress
This garden. --Milton.
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2. To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any
design; to strive; to take pains.
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3. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's
work under conditions which make it especially hard,
wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under
a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and
formerly with of.
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The stone that labors up the hill. --Granville.
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The line too labors, and the words move slow.
--Pope.
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To cure the disorder under which he labored. --Sir
W. Scott.
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Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. --Matt. xi. 28
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4. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be
in labor.
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5. (Naut.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent
sea. --Totten.
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labor (wn) | labor
n 1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work
for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this
field" [syn: labor, labour, working class,
proletariat]
2: productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn:
labor, labour, toil]
3: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions
to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
[syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement,
lying-in, travail, childbed]
4: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by
united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders
of this movement [syn: labor movement, {trade union
movement}, labor]
5: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900;
characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and
formerly the socialization of key industries [syn: {British
Labour Party}, Labour Party, Labour, Labor]
6: the federal department responsible for promoting the working
conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in
1913 [syn: Department of Labor, Labor Department,
Labor, DoL]
7: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking,
project, task, labor]
v 1: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for
years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little
to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her
doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push,
drive]
2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
3: undergo the efforts of childbirth [syn: labor, labour] |
labor (devil) | LABOR, n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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LABOR (bouvier) | LABOR. Continued operation; work.
2. The labor and skill of one man is frequently used in a partnership,
and valued as equal to the capital of another.
3. When business has been done for another, and suit is brought to
recover a just reward, there is generally contained in the declaration, a
count for work and labor.
4. Where penitentiaries exist, persons who have committed crimes are
condemned to be imprisoned therein at labor.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
collaborate (mass) | collaborate
- spolupracovať |
collaboration (mass) | collaboration
- spolupráca |
elaborate (mass) | elaborate
- vypracovať |
labor (mass) | labor
- práca, námaha, namáhať sa |
labored (mass) | labored
- namáhavý, ťažký |
american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations (encz) | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations,americká federace práce a kongres průmyslových
organizací |
antilabor (encz) | antilabor,protidělnický adj: Pavel Cvrček |
capital-labor ratio (encz) | capital-labor ratio, |
casual work contract pursuant to sec. 75 of the czech labor code (encz) | casual work contract pursuant to Sec. 75 of the Czech Labor Code,dohoda
o provedení práce [práv.] web – Sec. 75 of the Czech Labor Code |
casual work contract pursuant to sec. 76 of the czech labor code (encz) | casual work contract pursuant to Sec. 76 of the Czech Labor Code,dohoda
o pracovní činnosti [práv.] web – Sec. 76 of the Czech Labor Code |
chemistry laboratory (encz) | chemistry laboratory, n: |
collaborate (encz) | collaborate,spolupracovat Pavel Machek; Giza |
collaborated (encz) | collaborated,spolupracoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
collaborating (encz) | collaborating,spolupracující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
collaboration (encz) | collaboration,kolaborace n: spolupráce s nepřítelem Stanislav Horáčekcollaboration,spolupráce n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
collaboration with the world bank (encz) | collaboration with the World Bank, |
collaborationism (encz) | collaborationism, n: |
collaborationist (encz) | collaborationist,kolaborant n: Zdeněk Brožcollaborationist,kolaborantský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
collaborative (encz) | collaborative,spolupracovní adj: Zdeněk Brožcollaborative,spolupracující adj: Zdeněk Brožcollaborative,vznikající spoluprací adj: Zdeněk Brož |
collaborative approach (encz) | collaborative approach, |
collaboratively (encz) | collaboratively,vytvářejíce ve spolupráci Jaroslav Šedivý |
collaborator (encz) | collaborator,kolaborant ladajcollaborator,spolupracovník ladaj |
collaborators (encz) | collaborators,kolaboranti n: Zdeněk Brož |
collective labor agreement (encz) | collective labor agreement, |
day laborer (encz) | day laborer, n: |
defense laboratory (encz) | defense laboratory, n: |
elaborate (encz) | elaborate,komplikovaný adj: Zdeněk Broželaborate,pracný adj: Zdeněk Broželaborate,propracovaný adj: Zdeněk Broželaborate,rozvést Zdeněk Broželaborate,spletitý adj: Zdeněk Broželaborate,umně vyvedený adj: webelaborate,vypracovat elaborate,zkomplikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elaborated (encz) | elaborated,detailní Jaroslav Šedivýelaborated,podrobný Jaroslav Šedivýelaborated,promyšlený Jaroslav Šedivý |
elaborately (encz) | elaborately, adv: |
elaborateness (encz) | elaborateness,komplikovanost n: Zdeněk Broželaborateness,pracnost n: Zdeněk Broželaborateness,spletitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
elaborating (encz) | elaborating,rozpracovávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elaboration (encz) | elaboration,rozpracování n: Zdeněk Brož |
enhanced collaborative approach (encz) | enhanced collaborative approach, |
false labor (encz) | false labor, n: |
hard labor (encz) | hard labor,nucená práce Zdeněk Brož |
in an elaborate way (encz) | in an elaborate way, adv: |
in collaboration (encz) | in collaboration, adv: |
in labor (encz) | in labor, adj: |
incremental labor-output ratio (encz) | incremental labor-output ratio, |
independent labor force (encz) | independent labor force, |
induction of labor (encz) | induction of labor, n: |
inelaborate (encz) | inelaborate, adj: |
intensified collaboration (encz) | intensified collaboration, |
intensified collaborative approach (encz) | intensified collaborative approach, |
intensified collaborative element (encz) | intensified collaborative element, |
international labor organization (encz) | International Labor Organization,Mezinárodní organizace práce |
labor (encz) | labor,námaha Zdeněk Brožlabor,práce n: zejm. manuální joe@hw.czlabor,pracovněprávní n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
labor agreement (encz) | labor agreement, n: |
labor coach (encz) | labor coach, n: |
labor contract (encz) | labor contract,pracovní smlouva Zdeněk Brož |
labor cost (encz) | labor cost,mzdové náklady Zdeněk Brož |
labor force (encz) | labor force,dělnictvo labor force,pracovní síla labor force,pracující |
labor hoarding (encz) | labor hoarding, |
labor income (encz) | labor income, |
labor input (encz) | labor input, |
labor intensity (encz) | labor intensity, |
labor intensiveness (encz) | labor intensiveness, |
labor leader (encz) | labor leader, n: |
labor market (encz) | labor market, n: |
labor movement (encz) | labor movement, n: |
labor of love (encz) | labor of love, n: |
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