verb Download 🔗Share To toil, to work. Examples : "The student labored over the difficult math problem for an hour before finding the solution. " work job action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "After running the marathon, he labored up the stairs, his legs heavy and aching. " condition body disease work physiology suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To suffer the pangs of childbirth. Examples : "The cow labored in the field all afternoon before finally giving birth to a healthy calf. " medicine physiology body family human sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea. Examples : "The small fishing boat labored heavily in the storm, waves crashing over its bow. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Expressive of strenuous effort. Examples : "At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted." action condition quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production. Examples : "The student's labored essay felt unnatural and forced, as if he had spent too much time struggling for the perfect words instead of writing from the heart. " writing style language literature communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
