exertion
111endeavor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. try, attempt, seek, struggle, strive, essay, labor, aim, offer. n. trial, try, attempt, effort, struggle, exertion, offer. See intention, undertaking. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. effort, try, attempt;… …
112toil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. labor, drudgery; task, work; effort, exhaustion. v. work, drudge, moil, labor; strive. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. labor, occupation, drudgery; see work 2 . v. Syn. sweat, labor, slave; see… …
113travail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. labor, work, drudgery, toil; agony, pain. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. labor, toil, drudgery; see work 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. work toil, labor, sweat of one s brow, strain,… …
114trouble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. affliction, distress, misfortune, adversity, calamity; disorder, unrest; difficulty; pains, exertion, effort, anxiety, perturbation, sorrow, worry. v. disturb, disquiet, perturb; annoy, molest, harass …
115try — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. essay, endeavor, attempt, undertake; test, examine, assay, experiment; refine, purify, afflict, beset; strain, tax; judge, hear. See lawsuit, exertion, use, undertaking. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …
116tired — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fatigued, weary, run down, exhausted, overworked, overtaxed, wearied, worn, spent, wasted, burned out, worn out, jaded, narcoleptic, drooping, distressed, unmanned, drowsy, droopy, sleepy, haggard, faint, prostrated,… …
117labor — {{11}}labor (n.) c.1300, a task, a project; later exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship (late 14c.), from O.Fr. labor labor, toil, work, exertion, task (12c., Mod.Fr. labeur), from L. laborem (nom. labor) labor, toil, exertion;… …
118press# — press n throng, crush, *crowd, mob, rout, horde Analogous words: *multitude, army, host, legion press vb Press, bear, bear down, squeeze, crowd, jam mean to exert pressure upon something or someone continuously or for a length of time. They are… …
119effort — [ef′ərt] n. [Fr < OFr esforz < esforcier, to make an effort < VL * exfortiare < ex , intens. + * fortiare: see FORCE] 1. the using of energy to get something done; exertion of strength or mental power 2. a try, esp. a hard try;… …
120tired — [tīrd] adj. [ME (Northern) tyrit < tiren: see TIRE1] 1. fatigued, worn out, or weary 2. stale; hackneyed ☆ make someone tired Slang to annoy or vex someone [this foolishness makes me tired] tiredly adv. tiredness n …
