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- DictionaryTra·vail/trəˈvā(ə)l/
noun
- 1. painful or laborious effort: "advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail"
verb
- 1. engage in painful or laborious effort: "creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny"
1. a. : work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil. b. : a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : task, effort. c. : agony, torment. 2. : labor, childbirth.
Travail definition: painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.. See examples of TRAVAIL used in a sentence.
TRAVAIL meaning: 1. an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or…. Learn more.
TRAVAIL definition: 1. an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or…. Learn more.
Definitions of travail. noun. use of physical or mental energy; hard work. synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat. see more. verb. work hard. synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil. see more. noun. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
Definition of travail noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. 2. pain, anguish, or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. 3. the pain of childbirth; labor. v.i. 4. to toil or exert oneself.
travail meaning, definition, what is travail: a difficult or unpleasant situation, or ...: Learn more.
3 meanings: 1. painful or excessive labour or exertion 2. the pangs of childbirth; labour 3. to suffer or labour painfully, esp.... Click for more definitions.
1. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. 2. pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. 3. the pain of childbirth. intransitive verb. 4. to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
