laboring
adjectiveUK /ˈleɪ.bər.ɪŋ/
US /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɪŋ/
Working very hard with your body.
The laboring farmers worked all day in the hot sun.
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2. Moving slowly and with difficulty.
The old truck was laboring up the steep hill.
3. The act of giving birth to a baby.
She was in laboring for many hours before the baby arrived.
4. Doing something with great effort, as if it is hard.
He was laboring over his math homework for hours.