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# labored

«labored» in Mova's school dictionary: **Done with great effort, or breathing hard and slowly, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more labored, most labored); also past form of «labor»

### meaning for a pupil

Done with great effort, or breathing hard and slowly, as if tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labored/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a character's breath is heavy and slow after running or fear

### examples

- Her breath was labored as she climbed the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labored/#x1)
- He heard their labored breathing behind him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labored/#x2)
- Each step was more labored than the last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labored/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «labored» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/labored/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.