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label n. 1 identification, identifier, ID, mark, marker, earmark,
tag, ticket, sticker, stamp, imprint, hallmark, brand, Brit
docket: The label shows the weight, composition, and price of
the contents. A proper shipping label should show both source
and destination. 2 name, denomination, designation, appellation,
nickname, epithet, sobriquet, classification, characterization,
description: It is difficult to give a label to the kind of
novels she writes. 3 trade mark, trade name, brand, logo, mark:
Many supermarket chains market products under their own label.
--v. 4 identify (as), mark, tag, earmark, ticket, stamp,
hallmark, imprint, brand, Brit docket: In those days, every
liberal was labelled a communist. Prepared food packages must be
labelled with their ingredients. 5 name, denominate, designate,
call, term, dub, classify, categorize, pigeon-hole, class,
characterize, describe, portray, identify, Colloq US peg: We
cannot label Voltaire either spiritualist or materialist.
laborious adj. 1 arduous, burdensome, onerous, strenuous, gruelling,
back-breaking, Herculean, exhausting, taxing, tiring, fatiguing,
wearying, wearisome, toilsome, difficult, tough, hard, uphill,
stiff: Few realize how laborious farm work can be. 2
painstaking, detailed, careful, thorough, diligent, scrupulous,
exhaustive, steady, steadfast, relentless, unrelenting, dogged,
assiduous, sedulous, persevering, persistent, untiring,
tireless, indefatigable, unremitting: After laborious research
the virus was finally identified. 3 industrious, hard-working,
dogged, determined, unwavering, obstinate, stubborn, unflagging,
obdurate: He made a laborious effort to get ahead. 4 laboured,
strained, forced, ponderous, overworked: The book contains some
of the most laborious prose ever written.
labour n. 1 toil, (hard) work, travail, exertion, effort,
laboriousness, strain, drudgery, pains, industry, slavery,
donkey-work, Colloq sweat, grind, elbow-grease, Brit swot: They
know the labour involved in building a road. 2 employees,
workers, wage-earners, labourers: A meeting between labour and
management is scheduled for today. 3 effort, task, job, chore,
undertaking: Raising funds for the museum was a labour of love.
4 travail, childbirth, parturition, labour pains, contractions,
delivery: She went into labour at midnight, and the twins were
born just after four.