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laboring

The correct spelling is laboring.

How to pronounce laboring

noun

Say it like: Lab-ori-ng

The correct spelling is laboring. The act of one who labors; toil; work done. For example: "I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."

Usage Examples

I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The act of one who labors; toil; work done.

verb

  1. 1.To toil, to work.
  2. 2.To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
  3. 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. 4.To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
  5. 5.To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

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