Associations to the word «Labouring»

Wiktionary

LABOURING, verb. (British) (Canada) present participle of labour
LABOURING, noun. The act of one who labours; toil; work done.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke