travail: Meaning and Definition of
tra•vail
Pronunciation: (tru-vāl', trav'āl), [key] — n.
- painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
- the pain of childbirth.
—v.i. - to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
- to toil or exert oneself.
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