a net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.-to exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.-to weary; to overlabor.-to labor; to work; -- often with out.-labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.