travail
noun.
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours
Synonym: parturiency, lying-in, labour, labor, confinement, childbed
noun.
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
he got an A for effort|they managed only with great exertion
Synonym: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat
verb.
work hard
She was digging away at her math homework|Lexicographers drudge all day long
Synonym: moil, labour, labor, grind, fag, drudge, dig, toil