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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋlebZd 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊleibәd 〕


Overview of verb labour

The verb labour has 3 senses


  • labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil -- (work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")

  • tug, labor, labour, push, drive -- (strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis")

  • labor, labour -- (undergo the efforts of childbirth)


Overview of adj laboured

The adj laboured has 2 senses


  • labored, laboured, strained -- (lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating")

  • heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading")