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Antonyms for laboring

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ley-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ bər

Definition of laboring

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a task, a project;" later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from Old French labor "labor, toil, work, exertion, task" (12c., Modern French labeur), from Latin laborem (nominative labor) "labor, toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," of uncertain origin, perhaps originally from the notion of "tottering under a burden," and related to labere "to totter."
  • Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1590s, earlier labour of birthe (early 15c.), a sense also found in Old French, and cf. French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
  • verb work very hard
Example sentences :
  • We woke up the farmer and his servant-maids and laboring men.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • "You appear to be laboring under some sort of delusion," he replied.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • She seemed to be laboring under an apprehension that almost unnerved her.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Smithy's voice was strained; it showed the tension under which he was laboring.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • She was very pale, and laboring under so great an emotion that she had almost fallen.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • He could state simple problems: "The air pump is laboring, sir."
  • Extract from : « Beside Still Waters » by Robert Sheckley
  • The wet, red side of a dory's bow pushed past his laboring shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • As I ate I told them of my sudden determination to become a laboring man.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The laboring classes seem to have no idea of economy or of providing for the morrow.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • The motors were laboring and barely turning over at idling speed.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Synonyms for laboring

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