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Meaning of laboring

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

laboring

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of one who labors; toil; work done.

verb

Definitions

  1. To toil, to work.

  2. To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

    Example: I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

  3. 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.

  4. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.