withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
| a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work 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 |