pangs of childbirth
1birth pangs — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑labor pains, ↑labour pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang * * * 1. pains associated with the process of childbirth. 2. Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying …
2birth pangs — 1. pains associated with the process of childbirth. 2. Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying a major innovation, change, or new venture. [1885 90] * * * …
3birth pangs — labor pains, contractions, regular pains experienced by a woman during childbirth …
4BIRTH — The injunction to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) is regarded as the first commandment of the Bible. As a consequence of the disobedience of Eve in the Garden of Eden, the pangs of childbirth were foretold (Gen. 3:16). References to pangs… …
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7travail — /treuh vayl , trav ayl/, n. 1. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. 2. pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. 3. the pain of childbirth. v.i. 4. to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor. 5. to toil… …
8travail — tra•vail [[t]trəˈveɪl, ˈtræv eɪl[/t]] n. 1) painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil 2) pain, anguish, or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship 3) the pain of childbirth; labor 4) to toil or exert oneself 5) to suffer the pangs …
9travail — /ˈtræveɪl / (say travayl) noun 1. physical or mental toil or exertion, especially when painful. 2. the labour and pain of childbirth. –verb (i) 3. to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labour. {Middle English travail(le), from Old French} …
10travail — n. & v. literary n. 1 painful or laborious effort. 2 the pangs of childbirth. v.intr. undergo a painful effort, esp. in childbirth. Etymology: ME f. OF travail, travaillier ult. f. med.L trepalium instrument of torture f. L tres three + palus… …
