Definition of Laboring

1. Adjective. Doing arduous or unpleasant work. "Toiling coal miners in the black deeps"

Exact synonyms: Drudging, Labouring, Toiling
Similar to: Busy

Definition of Laboring

1. a. That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.

Definition of Laboring

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of ''labor'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laboring

1. labor [v] - See also: labor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laboring

laboratory animal science
laboratory bench
laboratory chemicals
laboratory coat
laboratory diagnosis
laboratory infection
laboratory personnel
laboratory techniques and procedures
labored
labored breathing
laboredly
laborer
laborers
laborforce
laborforces
laboring (current term)
laborious
laboriously
laboriousness
laboriousnesses
laborist
laborists
laborite
laborites
laborless
laborlore
laborous
labors
labors of love
laborsaving

Literary usage of Laboring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"... and in laboring with zealous resolution to overcome the difficulties by which we are environed. It is, under such circumstances, a high gratification to ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Mexico—Continued Labor and laboring classes See babor and laboring classes—Mexico Meyer, Hermann Henry Bernard, ..."

3. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"... ON THE laboring POOR SIR:—I have met with much invective in the papers, for these two years past, against the hard- heartedness of the rich, ..."

4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Labor and laboring classes. Carnegie. A. Problems of to-day: wealth— labor—socialism. **$1.40. '08. Doubleday. Chapman. S. J: Worn and wages, v. 2. $4. '08. ..."

5. Annual Report by Hawaiian Evangelical Association (1911)
"laboring AMONG THE CHINESE. Mr. FW Damon, Superintendent of our Chinese Mission, writes as follows of the work on Hawaii: "In Kohala for several months the ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Labor and laboring classe*—Continued South Africa Labour problem in South Africa. A. Werner; JS Freddy. Spec 123:501 О 18 '19 United States Better provision ..."

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