📖 Definitions of "Laboring"
noun
- 1
The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
verb
- 1
To toil, to work.
- 2
To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
"I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."
- 3
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.
- 4
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Laboring"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| toilingnoun | Hard work. |
| labouringnoun | The act of one who labours; toil; work done. |
| busynoun | Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on. |
| drudgingnoun | Tiresome, thankless work; drudgery. |
| workingnoun | (usually in the plural) Operation; action. |
| sloggingnoun | An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously. |
| exertingverb | (transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear. |
| strivingnoun | Effort; the act of one who strives. |
| ploddingnoun | Progressing slowly and laboriously. |
| grindingnoun | (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. |
| sweatingnoun | The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. |
| strugglingnoun | The act of one who struggles. |
| slavingnoun | Enslavement. |
| moilingverb | To toil, to work hard. |
| hustlingnoun | Act of one who hustles. |
| trudgingnoun | The act of one who trudges, or walks slowly and heavily. |
| grapplingnoun | (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with. |
| bustingnoun | (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting. |
| endeavoringnoun | The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt. |
| strainingnoun | The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) |
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