English words for 'Alternative form of labor-saving.'
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adj
noun
- (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
- (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done.
- a day on which work is done
- the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
verb
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour.
verb
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
verb
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- work hard
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- (intransitive) To toil, to work.
noun
verb
adj
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- being of delicate or slender build
- small in quantity
noun
verb
verb
adj
noun
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- A curtailment or reduction.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
adj
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
- marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
verb
noun
adj
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- inferior in rank or status
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.
adv
verb
noun
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour.
verb
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
verb
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- work hard
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- (intransitive) To toil, to work.
noun
verb
noun
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- A curtailment or reduction.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
verb
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
verb
noun
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
- (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done.
- a day on which work is done
- the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
adj
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- being of delicate or slender build
- small in quantity
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
- marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
verb
noun
adj
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- inferior in rank or status
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.