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adjective
- 1. working at an unskilled manual occupation: "the laboring classes"
- 2. working or moving with difficulty: "his laboring heart calmed"
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Learn the various meanings and uses of the word labor, from physical or mental effort to the process of giving birth. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of labor.
The labor force is a specific set of employees for an organization or the entire class of people who do physical, or manual, labor. Labor can be used to mean to perform productive work. While laboring is normally for profit or payment, you might also labor at something like gardening or cleaning.
Anyone or anything who's working that hard is laboring, from the laboring engine in an old car to the laboring heartbeat of a nervous dog. Definitions of laboring. adjective. doing arduous or unpleasant work. synonyms: drudging, labouring, toiling. busy.
noun. US (UK labour) us / ˈleɪ.bɚ / uk / ˈleɪ.bə r/ labor noun (WORK) Add to word list. C1 [ U ] practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort: The car parts themselves are not expensive; it's the labor that costs the money. manual labor (= hard work using the hands) C1 [ U ]
to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil. to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often followed by for ): to labor for peace. to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed by under ): to labor under a misapprehension.
Labouring is the present participle of labour, which means to do hard physical work or to do something slowly with great effort. See how to use labouring in sentences and find related words and phrases.
Laboring means working hard or suffering from distress. It can also refer to the process of childbirth or a political party representing workers' interests. See examples, pronunciation and related words.
