ALL meanings of laboring
la·bor
L l - noun laboring Work hard; make great effort. 1
- noun laboring productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. 1
- noun laboring the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages. 1
- noun laboring this body of persons considered as a class (distinguished from management and capital). 1
- noun laboring physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil. 1
- noun laboring a job or task done or to be done. 1
- noun laboring the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth. 1
- noun laboring the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth. 1
- noun laboring (initial capital letter). Also called Labor Department. Informal. the Department of Labor. 1
- verb without object laboring to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil. 1
- verb without object laboring to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often followed by for): to labor for peace. 1
- verb without object laboring to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed by under): to labor under a misapprehension. 1
- verb without object laboring to be in the actual process of giving birth. 1
- verb without object laboring to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship. 1
- verb with object laboring to develop or dwell on in excessive detail: Don't labor the point. 1
- verb with object laboring to burden or tire: to labor the reader with unnecessary detail. 1
- verb with object laboring British Dialect. to work or till (soil or the like). 1
- adjective laboring of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms. 1