travail[noun]Synonyms: work, bullwork, drudge, drudgery, grind, labor, moil, plugging, slavery, toil, birth pang(s), childbearing, childbirth
Contrasted words: relaxation, rest
Related Idioms: toil and trouble, birth throe
Related Words: task,
struggle,
contractions,
pains [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
trav‧ail /ˈtræveɪl/
noun [uncountable] written[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: travaillier 'to torture, work very hard', from Vulgar Latin tripaliare 'to torture', from tripalium 'instrument of torture', from Latin tri- 'three' + palus 'sharp stick']
(
also travails [plural]) a difficult or unpleasant situation, or very tiring work
travail of
the travails of last year’s water shortage [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲