verb Download 🔗Share To toil, to work. Examples : "The construction workers were labouring under the hot sun to finish the building on time. " work job business economy industry action human process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc). Examples : "The teacher was labouring the importance of good study habits, repeating the same advice in different ways. " language communication point Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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 : "Sentence: "After a long day of construction, the worker was labouring under the weight of his heavy tools." " disease work condition suffering human job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To suffer the pangs of childbirth. Examples : "The midwife told John that Mary was labouring well and the baby would arrive soon. " medicine body physiology family sex human suffering 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 was labouring heavily in the storm, tossed back and forth by the huge waves. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of one who labours; toil; work done. Examples : "The farmer's labouring in the fields brought in a bountiful harvest. " work job action economy industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
