Main Entry:

²labor

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

la·bored; la·bor·ing \-b(ə-)riŋ\

Date:

14th century

intransitive verb1: to exert one's powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort : work2: to move with great effort <the truck labored up the hill>3: to be in the labor of giving birth4: to suffer from some disadvantage or distress <labor under a delusion>5of a ship : to pitch or roll heavilytransitive verb1archaic a: to spend labor on or produce by labor b: to strive to effect or achieve2: to treat or work out in often laborious detail <labor the obvious>3: distress, burden4: to cause to labor