travail (
http://definr.com/travail)
n 1: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
[syn:
parturiency,
labor,
labour,
confinement,
lying-in,
childbed]
2: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A
for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn:
effort,
elbow grease,
exertion,
sweat]
v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn:
labor,
labour,
toil,
fag,
grind,
drudge,
dig,
moil]