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- to do hard physical work: He travelled around Europe labouring to pay his way. [ + to infinitive ] Three hours after the explosion, rescue teams were still labouring to free those trapped. [ I + adv/prep ] to do something slowly with great physical or mental effort:
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Definition of labouring noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to do something slowly with great physical or mental effort: He laboured up the hill with his heavy load. She's been labouring over the same article for days. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Work, working and the workplace. act as something. all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom. assignment. bandh. be at work idiom. grind.
5 days ago · Definitions of labouring. adjective. doing arduous or unpleasant work. synonyms: drudging, laboring, toiling. busy. actively or fully engaged or occupied.
If someone is laboring, they're working extremely hard, often in a way that makes them physically exhausted. A laboring construction worker needs to take a lot of water breaks on a hot summer day.
The meaning of LABOR is expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory. How to use labor in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Labor.
Definitions of 'labouring' 1. of or relating to working (esp in a job of a physical nature) [...] 2. hardworking; drudging. [...] More. Synonyms of 'labouring' • blue-collar, manual, physical [...] • working, employed, in work, in a job [...] More. Examples of 'labouring' in a sentence.
adjective. 1. of or relating to working (esp in a job of a physical nature) a labouring man. Throughout 1816 a savage anger spread through the labouring people. the labouring class (es) 2. hardworking; drudging.
