Definitions for: Laboring


[adj] doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps"



Webster (1913) Definition: La"bor*ing, a.
1. That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse,
heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor;
as, laboring days.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. --eccl. v. 12.

2. Suffering pain or grief. --Pope.

Laboring oar, the oar which requires most strength and
exertion; often used figuratively; as, to have, or pull,
the laboring oar in some difficult undertaking.

Synonyms: busy, drudging, labouring, toiling

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