"laboured" meaning in English

See laboured in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚd/ [General-American], /ˈleɪ.bəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-laboured.ogg Forms: more laboured [comparative], most laboured [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} laboured (comparative more laboured, superlative most laboured)
  1. Expressive of strenuous effort. Translations (Expressive of strenuous effort): тежък (težǎk) (Bulgarian), труден (truden) (Bulgarian), moeizaam (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-laboured-en-adj-lDeF7iJl Disambiguation of 'Expressive of strenuous effort': 94 6
  2. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
    Sense id: en-laboured-en-adj-ZnhvQt3m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 44 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 51 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 59 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 69 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 60 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 58 16

Verb

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚd/ [General-American], /ˈleɪ.bəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-laboured.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} laboured
  1. simple past and past participle of labour Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: labour
    Sense id: en-laboured-en-verb-j1XadANA

Alternative forms

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