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Travail Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Travail? [n] use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [n] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Travail: childbed \| confinement \| dig \| drudge \| effort \| elbow grease \| exertion \| fag \| grind \| labor \| labor \| labour \| labour \| lying-in \| moil \| parturiency \| sweat \| toil Related Terms \| Find terms related to Travail: See Also \| application \| asynclitism \| birth \| birthing \| detrition \| difficulty \| diligence \| do work \| effacement \| exercise \| exercising \| friction \| gestation \| giving birth \| labor \| labour \| least effort \| least resistance \| obliquity \| overexertion \| overkill \| parturition \| physical exercise \| physical exertion \| pregnancy \| premature labor \| premature labour \| pull \| rubbing \| strain \| straining \| struggle \| supererogation \| toil \| trouble \| uterine contraction \| work \| workout Travail In Webster's Dictionary \Tra`vail"\, n. [Cf. F. travail, a frame for confining a horse, or OF. travail beam, and E. trave, n. Cf. {Travail}, v. i.] Same as {Travois}. \Trav"ail\ (?; 48), n. [F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh, trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. {Trave}). Cf. {Travel}.] 1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion. As everything of price, so this doth require travail. --Hooker. 2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail. \Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.] 1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] ``Slothful persons which will not travail for their livings.'' --Latimer. 2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor. \Trav"ail\, v. t. To harass; to tire. [Obs.] As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. --Hayward.

Travail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Travail?

[n] use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
[n] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
[v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

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Travail In Webster's Dictionary

\Tra`vail"\, n. [Cf. F. travail, a frame for confining a
horse, or OF. travail beam, and E. trave, n. Cf. {Travail},
v. i.]
Same as {Travois}.


\Trav"ail\ (?; 48), n. [F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh,
trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium
a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture.
But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have
been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. {Trave}). Cf.
{Travel}.]
1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

         As everything of price, so this doth require
         travail.                              --Hooker.

2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.


\Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier,
travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to
torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.]
1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] ``Slothful persons
   which will not travail for their livings.'' --Latimer.

2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.


\Trav"ail\, v. t.
To harass; to tire. [Obs.]

      As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to
      travail the realm, a great division fell among the
      nobility.                                --Hayward.

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