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Meaning of 'travail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Travail [ n.]
- Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
- Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
- To labor with pain; to toil.
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
2 . Travail [ v. t.]
- To harass; to tire.

Meaning of 'travail' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . travail [ n]
Meaning (1):
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
Example in sentence:
  • he got an A for effort;
  • they managed only with great exertion
Meaning (2):
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Example in sentence:
  • she was in labor for six hours
3 . travail [ v]
Meaning (3):
- work hard
Example in sentence:
  • Lexicographers drudge all day long;
  • She was digging away at her math homework

Nearby Words:

trabea trabeae trabeated trabeation trabecula trabeculae trabecular trabeculate trabu trace

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