Travail
Travail [ truh'-VEYL, TRAV-eyl ] | |
[ noun, intransitive verb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. (n.) toil or laborious work 2. (n.) anguish, torment, hardship or agony 3. (n.) labour or pain of childbirth 4. (intr.v.) to be in labour 5. (intr.v.) to toil or work laboriously | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The story made a mockery of the travails faced by the people of the past century. |