Main Entry: ²labor

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): la·bored; la·bor·ing \-b(ə-)riŋ\

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 : to exert one's powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort : work
2 : to move with great effort <the truck labored up the hill>
3 : to be in the labor of giving birth
4 : to suffer from some disadvantage or distress <labor under a delusion>
5 of a ship : to pitch or roll heavilytransitive verb 1 archaic a : to spend labor on or produce by labor b : to strive to effect or achieve
2 : to treat or work out in often laborious detail <labor the obvious>
3 : distress, burden
4 : to cause to labor