1. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil. See Synonyms at work.
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth.
--tra·vail intr.v. tra·vailed, tra·vail·ing, tra·vails.
1. To work strenuously; toil.
2. To be in the labor of childbirth.