noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of undergoing travails or exertions.

   "How universal, too, the restlessness, how deep the groanings and travailings of the human race."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of travail form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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labortoilaccouchementbe confinedbearbear a child

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"How universal, too, the restlessness, how deep the groanings and travailings of the human race."

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