verb🔗ShareTo toil, to work."The construction workers were labouring under the hot sun to finish the building on time. "workjobbusinesseconomyindustryactionhumanprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc)."The teacher was labouring the importance of good study habits, repeating the same advice in different ways. "languagecommunicationpointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."Sentence: "After a long day of construction, the worker was labouring under the weight of his heavy tools." "diseaseworkconditionsufferinghumanjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo suffer the pangs of childbirth."The midwife told John that Mary was labouring well and the baby would arrive soon. "medicinebodyphysiologyfamilysexhumansufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea."The small fishing boat was labouring heavily in the storm, tossed back and forth by the huge waves. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of one who labours; toil; work done."The farmer's labouring in the fields brought in a bountiful harvest. "workjobactioneconomyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
