ALL meanings of labored
la·bored
L l - noun labored Done with great effort and difficulty. 1
- adjective labored of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms. 1
- noun labored productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. 1
- noun labored the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages. 1
- noun labored this body of persons considered as a class (distinguished from management and capital). 1
- noun labored physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil. 1
- noun labored a job or task done or to be done. 1
- noun labored the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth. 1
- noun labored the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth. 1
- noun labored (initial capital letter). Also called Labor Department. Informal. the Department of Labor. 1
- verb without object labored to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil. 1
- verb without object labored to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often followed by for): to labor for peace. 1
- verb without object labored to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed by under): to labor under a misapprehension. 1
- verb without object labored to be in the actual process of giving birth. 1
- verb without object labored to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship. 1
- verb with object labored to develop or dwell on in excessive detail: Don't labor the point. 1
- verb with object labored to burden or tire: to labor the reader with unnecessary detail. 1
- verb with object labored British Dialect. to work or till (soil or the like). 1
- adjective labored effortful 1
- abbreviation LABORED long-winded 1
- adjective labored If someone's breathing is labored, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort. 0
- adjective labored If something such as someone's writing or speech is labored, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural. 0
- adjective labored made or done with great effort; not effortless and natural; strained 0