1. travail - noun
· concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Synonym(s): parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed
Hypernym(s): parturition, birth, giving_birth, birthing
2. travail - noun
· use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
Synonym(s): effort, elbow_grease, exertion, sweat
Hypernym(s): labor, labour, toil
3. travail - verb
· work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil
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