Definitions for laboredˈleɪ bərd
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
la•boredˈleɪ bərd(adj.)
done or made with difficulty; heavy:
labored breathing.
showing the effects of great effort; strained:
labored writing.
Origin of labored:
1525–35
la′bored•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
labored, laboured, strained(adj)
lacking natural ease
"a labored style of debating"
heavy, labored, laboured(adj)
requiring or showing effort
"heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
Wiktionary
labored(Adjective)
Of an action that is difficult to perform.
At the end of the marathon, her labored breathing told us she was exhausted.
Webster Dictionary
Labored(u)
of Labor
Labored(adj)
bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style
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