 |
labored
Overview of verb labor
The verb labor has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) tug, labor, labour, push, drive -- (strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis")
2. (1) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil -- (work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")
3. labor, labour -- (undergo the efforts of childbirth)
Overview of adj labored
The adj labored has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. labored, laboured, strained -- (lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating")
2. heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading")
Antonyms of verb labor
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb labor
3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> work, do work
Sense 3
labor, labour
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb labor
1 of 3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> strive, reach, strain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb labor
3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> work, do work
Sense 3
labor, labour
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
'Cause To' of verb labor
Derived Forms of verb labor
3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
RELATED TO>(noun) labor#7
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
RELATED TO>(noun) laborer#1
=> laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
RELATED TO>(noun) labor#1
=> labor, labour, toil
RELATED TO>(noun) labor#7
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
RELATED TO>(noun) laborer#1
=> laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
Sense 3
labor, labour
RELATED TO>(noun) labor#3
=> parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
Domain of verb labor
Domain Terms of verb labor
Familiarity of verb labor
labor used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb labor
3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
labor, labour
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb labor
3 senses of labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
> fight, struggle
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> flounder
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
> work, do work
=> serve
=> bank
=> fill, take
=> drive
=> tinker
=> serve
=> fink, scab, rat, blackleg
=> labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> farm
=> moonlight
=> job
=> man
=> slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down
=> free-lance
=> subcontract
=> turn a trick
=> freelance
Sense 3
labor, labour
> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
=> respire
=> labor, labour
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> take
=> horripilate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb labor
Sense 1
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
--------------
Sense 2
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> work, do work
--------------
Sense 3
labor, labour
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
--------------
Grep of verb labor
belabor
labor
Antonyms of adj labored
2 senses of labored
Sense 1
labored, laboured, strained
INDIRECT (VIA awkward) -> graceful
Sense 2
heavy, labored, laboured
INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless
Similarity of adj labored
2 senses of labored
Sense 1
labored, laboured, strained
=> awkward (vs. graceful)
Sense 2
heavy, labored, laboured
=> effortful (vs. effortless)
Pertainyms of adj labored
Attributes of adj labored
Domain of adj labored
Domain Terms of adj labored
Familiarity of adj labored
labored used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj labored
labored
|
|
