n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: la · bored ; la · bor · ing \ -b( ə -)ri ŋ \
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 labor ed 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 heavily
transitive 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