verb Download 🔗Share To toil, to work. Examples : "The student laboured long hours over her history project, determined to get a good grade. " 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 : "The student laboured through the difficult math problems, struggling with each step. " condition disease physiology body action suffering work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To suffer the pangs of childbirth. Examples : "The expectant mother laboured through the night, finally giving birth to a healthy baby boy. " medicine physiology body sex human 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 laboured in the rough sea, struggling against the waves. " nautical sailing weather 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." quality condition character work 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 essay felt laboured, as if he had spent too much time trying to use fancy words instead of expressing his ideas naturally. " writing style language literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
