Associations to the word «Travail»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
TRAVAIL, noun. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. [from 13th c.]
TRAVAIL, noun. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]
TRAVAIL, noun. (obsolete) (countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). [14th-18th c.]
TRAVAIL, noun. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c.]
TRAVAIL, noun. Obsolete form of travel.
TRAVAIL, noun. Alternative form of travois (a kind of sled)
TRAVAIL, verb. To toil.
TRAVAIL, verb. To go through the labor of childbirth.
Dictionary definition
TRAVAIL, noun. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours".
TRAVAIL, noun. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion".
TRAVAIL, verb. Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long".
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