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 Definitions of travail  [əˈveɪl, ˈtræv eɪl]  

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Definition of 'travail' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) travail
painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.

2.  travail
pain, anguish, or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.

3.  travail
the pain of childbirth; labor.

4. (v.i.) travail
to toil or exert oneself.

5.  travail
to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.

Etymology:  (1200–50; ME travaillen (v.) < OF travaillier to torment < VL *trepaliāre, der. of LL trepālium torture chamber, lit., instrument of torture made with three stakes (see tri -, pale2))

Definition of 'travail' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"

2. (verb) effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

3. (verb) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"


Definition of 'travail' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) travail
labor with pain; severe toil or exertion

2. (noun) travail
parturition; labor; as, an easy travail

3. (noun) travail
to labor with pain; to toil

4. (noun) travail
to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor

5. (verb) travail
to harass; to tire



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