Laboring

Definition: Laboring

Laboring

Adjective

1. Doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps".

Date "laboring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Laboring

Synonyms: drudging (adj), labouring (adj), toiling (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agent	Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout.
	Bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant; laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum.
Exertion	Labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm; pull, tug, ply; ply the oar, tug at the oar; do the work; take the laboring oar
	Adjective: laboring; Verb:
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Laboring

English words defined with "laboring": Apron man ♦ drudging ♦ Laboring oar, labouring ♦ Outlabor ♦ To go to work, To set on work, toiling ♦ Workingman, Workless. (references)

Specialty definitions using "laboring": Cakes, caretaker, grounds ♦ GROUNDSKEEPER, INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL ♦ Labor ♦ Pitchfork ♦ SHALE PLANER OPERATOR HELPER. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	What are you looking at? You're laborers; you should be laboring. That's what you get for not having an education. (Real Genius; writing credit: Neal Israel; Pat Proft)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Social History of the Laboring Classes: From Colonial Times to the Present (Problems in American History) (reference) Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century (The Haymarket Series) (reference) Laboring and Dependent Classes in Colonial America, 1607-1783. (reference) Laboring Below the Line: The New Ethnography of Poverty, Low-Wage Work, and Survival in the Global Economy (reference) Laboring for Freedom: A New Look at the History of Labor in America (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Dante Alighieri	And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.
Grover Cleveland	He mocks the people who proposes that the Government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.
Henry David Thoreau	The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
John Peter Altgeld	The laboring people found the prisons always open to receive them, but the courts of justice were practically closed to them.
Moliere	You see him laboring to produce bons mots.
Samuel Johnson	You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	That the bulk of our people were forced to live miserably, by laboring every day for small wages to make a few live plentifully.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	China	There are 329 million Chinese farmers--roughly half the work force--mostly laboring on tiny plots of land relative to U.S. farmers. (references)
Worker Rights	Cuba	All students over age 11 were expected to devote 30 to 45 days of their summer vacation to farm work, laboring up to 8 hours per day. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	Whilst other portions of mankind are laboring under the distresses of war or struggling with adversity in other forms, the United States are in the tranquil enjoyment of prosperous and honorable peace.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The progress of an expansion, or rather a depreciation, of the currency by excessive bank issues is always attended by a loss to the laboring classes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Laboring" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laboring" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	2	245,945

Expressions using "laboring": laboring man ♦ Laboring oar. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "laboring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		punëtor (employable, hand, hardworking, industrious, laborer, labourer, labouring, machine-minder, man, toiler, worker, working, workman), i punës (industrial, labor, labour, labouring). (various references)

Bulgarian		разтупкан (labouring), трудещ се (labouring), задъхан (blown, breathless, labouring, out of puff, puffed, puffy, scant of breath, winded). (various references)

Chinese		劳动 (labored, laboured, labouring). (various references)

Czech		pracný (arduous, cumbersome, labor intensive, labored, laborious, labour intensive, laboured, labouring). (various references)

German		arbeitend (labouring, tasking, working). (various references)

Hungarian		munkás (collator, floater, gutter, hand, laborer, labourer, labouring, manual labour, munitioner, operative, platter, ready worker, roustabout, shredder, spinner, worker, working, workman). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無駄骨折り (laboring in vain or for no result). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		む� ぼねおり (laboring in vain or for no result). (various references)

Korean		일함 (labouring). (various references)

Pig Latin		aboringlay.(various references)

Portuguese		que trabalha (labouring, working), palpitante (fully, labouring), operário assalariado (labouring). (various references)

Romanian		muncitor (active, hard working, industrious, Jack, journeyman, laborer, laborious, labourer, labouring, operative, operose, toiler, worker, working, workman). (various references)

Russian		рабочий (blue-collar worker, bottler, casual labourer, casual worker, full time, half-back-time worker, hand, laborer, labourer, labouring, man, mudlark, operative, operator, part-time worker, worker, working, working man, workingman, workingmen, workman), затрудненный (labouring). (various references)

Spanish		laborando, trabajante (haymaker, labouring), trabajando (working), persona que trabaja (labouring), obrero (hand, laborer, labourer, labouring, man, operative, worker, working, working man, workman). (various references)

Turkish		zahmetli (demanding, drudging, exacting, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, gruelling, incommodious, inconvenient, labored, laborious, laboured, labouring, lucubratory, onerous, painful, toilful, toilsome, troublesome, troublous, trying, uphill, with an effort), yorucu (back breaking, drudging, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, gruelling, irksome, labored, laborious, laboured, labouring, languorous, painful, strenuous, tiresome, tiring, toilful, toilsome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weary, with an effort), çalışan (active, labouring, working). (various references)

Ukranian		утруднений (embarrassing, labored, laboured, labouring, stertorous), робочий (labouring, operating, operational, operative, working), працюючий (labouring, operational, operative, working). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	operarii, operariis, operario, operariorum, operarios, operarius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mnhmoneuete gar adelfoi ton kopon hmwn kai ton mocqon nuktoV gar kai hmeraV ergazomenoi proV to mh epibarhsai tina umwn ekhruxamen eiV umaV to euaggelion tou qeou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Memores enim estis fratres laborem nostrum et fatigationem nocte et die operantes ne quem vestrum gravaremus praedicavimus in vobis evangelium Dei
Old English	990	West Saxon	Soð, ge gemuniað eow, breþer, ures geswinces and earfoðes. We wyrhton nihtes and dæges þæt we ne sien nænigum manne na hlæst ðonne we bodedon eow Godes godspel.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For, britheren, ye ben myndeful of oure trauel and werynesse; we worchiden nyyt and day, that we schulden not greue ony of you, and prechiden to you the euangelie of God.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Ye remember brethre oure laboure and travayle. For we laboured daye and nyght because we wolde not be greveous vnto eny of you and preached vnto you ye gospell of God.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 9
Bulgarian	А ние, братя, като осиротяхме от вас за малко време, (колкото за телесно присъствие, а не по сърце), постарахме се още повече, с голямо желание, дано видим лицето ви.
Cebuano	Kay kamo, mga igsoon, mahinumdum pa sa among pag-hago ug pagbudlay; samtang kami nagwali kaninyo sa Maayong Balita gikan sa Dios, kami usab namoo magabii ug maadlaw aron kami dili makahatag ug kabug-at kang bisan kinsa kaninyo.
Chinese	弟兄們、 � 們記念我們的辛苦勞碌、晝夜作工、傳　神的福音給 � 們、免得叫 � 們一人受累。
Croatian	Sjeæate se doista, braæo, našega truda i napora. Propovijedali smo vam evanðelje Božje i radili noæu i danju da ne bismo opteretili koga od vas.
Danish	I erindre jo, Brødre! vor Møje og Anstrengelse; arbejdende Nat og Dag, for ikke at være nogen af eder til Byrde, prædikede vi Guds Evangelium for eder.
Dutch	Want gij gedenkt, broeders, onzen arbeid en moeite; want nacht en dag werkende, opdat wij niemand onder u zouden lastig zijn, hebben wij het Evangelie van God onder u gepredikt.
Finnish	Muistattehan, veljet, meidän työmme ja vaivamme: yöt ja päivät työtä tehden, ettemme ketään teistä rasittaisi, me julistimme teille Jumalan evankeliumia.
French	Vous vous rappelez, frères, notre travail et notre peine: nuit et jour � l`oeuvre, pour n`être � charge � aucun de vous, nous vous avons prêché l`Évangile de Dieu.
German	Ihr seid wohl eingedenk, liebe Brüder, unsrer Arbeit und unsrer Mühe; denn Tag und Nacht arbeiteten wir, daß wir niemand unter euch beschwerlich wären, und predigten unter euch das Evangelium Gottes.
Haitian Creole	Nou chonje, frè m' yo, jan m' te travay, jan m' te fatige kò m' ap travay lajounen kou lannwit pou m' pa t' sou kont nou yonn pandan tout tan mwen t'ap anonse nou bon nouvèl Bondye a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tentu kalian masih ingat bagaimana kerasnya kami berusaha dan berjuang. Siang malam kami bekerja supaya kami tidak menyusahkan seorang pun dari kalian sewaktu kami menyebarkan Kabar Baik yang dari Allah itu kepadamu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena kamu ingat, hai saudara-saudaraku, akan kelelahan dan kesusahan kami, yaitu siang malam kami sudah bekerja supaya jangan kami membebankan seorang pun di antara kamu, maka sudahlah kami beritakan Injil Allah itu kepadamu.
Italian	Voi ricordate infatti, fratelli, la nostra fatica e il nostro travaglio: lavorando notte e giorno per non essere di peso ad alcuno vi abbiamo annunziato il vangelo di Dio.
Korean	형 � � �"� 아 우 리 의 수 � 와 � �"� 것 을 너 희 가 기 억 하 리 니 너 희 아 무 에 게 도 누 를 끼 치 지 아 니 하 � � � 밤 과 낮 으 로 일 하 면 서 너 희 에 게 하 나 님 의 복 음 을 � � 파 하 였 노 라
Latvian	Jo jûs atminaties, brâïi, mûsu darbu un pûles: strâdâdami naktîm un dienâm, lai nevienu no jums neapgrûtinâtu, mçs sludinâjâm Dieva evaòìçliju.
Maori	E mahara ana hoki koutou, e oku teina, ki ta matou mahi, ki to matou mauiui: mahi ana matou i te po, i te ao, kei taimaha ki tetahi o koutou, kauwhautia ana hoki e matou te rongopai o te Atua ki a koutou.
Modern Greek	�"ιοτι ενθυμεισθε, αδελφοι, τον κοπον ημων και τον μοχθον· επειδη νυκτα και ημεραν εργαζομενοι, δια να μη επιβαρυνωμεν τινα εξ υμων, εκηρυξαμεν εις εσας το ευαγγελιον του Θεου.
Norwegian	I minnes jo, brødre, vårt strev og vår møie: under arbeid natt og dag, for ikke å falle nogen av eder til byrde, forkynte vi Guds evangelium for eder.
Portuguese	Porque vos lembrais, irmãos, do nosso labor e fadiga; pois, trabalhando noite e dia, para não sermos pesados a nenhum de vós, vos pregamos o evangelho de Deus.
Rumanian	Vq aduceyi aminte, frayilor, de osteneala wi munca noastrq. Cum lucram zi wi noapte, ca sq nu fim sarcinq niciunuia din voi, wi vq propovqduiam Evanghelia lui Dumnezeu.
Russian	й�'П ЧЩ � ПНОЙФЕ, �'ТБФЙС, ФТХ�" ОБЫ Й ЙЪОХТЕОЙЕ: ОПЮША Й �"ОЕН ТБ�'ПФБС, ЮФП�'Щ ОЕ ПФСЗПФЙФШ ЛПЗП ЙЪ ЧБУ, НЩ � ТП� ПЧЕ�"ЩЧБМЙ Х ЧБУ �'МБЗПЧЕУФЙЕ вПЦЙЕ.
Shuar	Yatsurú, ii atsumaj nu sumarmaktai tusar kakaram takakmasmaj nu ¿kajinmatkintrumek? Atsá. Nékarme. Iis, Yus-Chicham étserkur, tsawaisha Káshisha takasmiaji. Nusha, akirkata, tiij tusar takakmasmiaji.
Spanish	Porque os acordáis, hermanos, de nuestro arduo trabajo y fatiga; que trabajando de día y de noche para no ser gravosos a ninguno de vosotros, os predicamos el evangelio de Dios.
Swahili	Ndugu, mnakumbuka jinsi tulivyofanya kazi na kutaabika. Tulipowaleteeni Habari Njema ya Mungu tulifanya kazi mchana na usiku kusudi tusiwe mzigo kwa mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu.
Swedish	I kommen ju ihåg, käre bröder, vårt arbete och vår möda, huru vi, under det att vi predikade för eder Guds evangelium, strävade natt och dag, för att icke bliva någon av eder till tunga.
Thai	พี่น้องทั้งหลาย ท่านคงจำไ�"้ถึงการทำงานอันเหน็�"เหนื่อย และความยากลำบากของเราเมื่อเราประกาศข่าวประเสริฐของพระเจ้าให้แก่ท่าน เราทำงานทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน เพื่อเราจะไม่เป็น� าระแก่ผู้ใ�"ในพวกท่าน
Ukrainian	Бо ви пам'ята�"те, браття, наше струднення й утому: день і ніч ми робили, щоб жадного з вас не обтяжити, і проповідували вам Божу Євангелію.
Uma	Tantu nikiwoi moto ompi' kamowewa-kai wengi mobago, hinamengi hina'eo-kai mpali' pongkoni' -kai, bona neo' -kai mposesei' -koi bula-kai mpotudui' -koi Kareba Lompe' to ngkai Alata'ala.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "laboring": belaboring, mislaboring, overlaboring. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Laboring" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alberigo, aloring, Lisbofin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "laboring" (pronounced lā"bering)
6	l ā" b er i ng	belaboring.
5	-ā" b er i ng	neighboring.
4	-b er i ng	clobbering, dismembering, harboring, lumbering, numbering, outnumbering, remembering, slobbering, slumbering, sobering.
3	-er i ng	administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neutering, nonmanufacturing, nurturing, offering, ordering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-g-i-l-n-o-r"
	-1 letter: blaring, garboil.
	-2 letters: albino, bagnio, bailor, baling, baring, barong, boring, brogan, gabion, globin, gloria, goblin, oaring, onagri, orbing, origan, robing.
	-3 letters: aboil, algin, algor, align, aloin, along, argil, argol, argon, bairn, baron, binal, bingo, blain, bogan, boing, bolar, boral, brail, brain, bring, broil, garni, giron, glair, gnarl, goban, gonia, goral, grail, grain, groan, groin, labor, largo, liang, libra, ligan, linga, lingo, lobar, logan, logia, loran, noria, orang, organ, robin.
	-4 letters: abri, agin, agio, agon, airn, anil, aril, bail, bang, bani, barn, birl, blin, boar, boil, bola, bong, bora, born, brag, bran, brig, brin, brio, gain, gaol, garb, girl, girn, giro, glia, glib, glob, gnar, goal, grab, gran, grin, inro, iron, lain, lair, lang, lari, liar, ling, lino, lion, lira, loan, loin, long, lorn, nail, naoi, noil, noir, nori, obia, oral, ragi, rail, rain, rang, rani, rial, ring, roan, roil.
	-5 letters: abo, ago, ail, ain, air, alb, ani, arb, bag, bal, ban, bar, big, bin, bio, boa, bog, bra, bro, gab, gal, gan, gar, gib, gin, goa, gob, gor, ion, lab, lag, lar, lib, lin, lob, log, nab, nag, nib, nil, nob, nog, nor, oar, obi, oil, ora, orb, rag, ran, ria, rib, rig, rin, rob.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-g-i-l-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: ignorable, labouring.
	+2 letters: aboriginal, belaboring, parboiling.
	+3 letters: aboriginals, absorbingly, bankrolling, beclamoring, beglamoring, belabouring, bioregional, elaborating, laborsaving, mislaboring, organizable, outbrawling, panbroiling, subregional, unignorable.
	+4 letters: aboriginally, beglamouring, billboarding, bipolarizing, boardsailing, charbroiling, clapboarding, loganberries, obliterating, overlaboring, recognizable, recognizably, renegotiable, roadblocking, sailboarding, unforgivable, urbanologies, urbanologist.
	+5 letters: bildungsroman, boardsailings, carboxylating, collaborating, gubernatorial, macroglobulin, nonobligatory, overbalancing, overbearingly, overbleaching, radiolabeling, sailboardings, troublemaking, urbanologists.
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