[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

labored \la"bored\, a.
   1. bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought;
      not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.
      1913 webster

   2. appearing to require strong effort; as, labored breathing.

   syn: heavy, laboured.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

labor \la"bor\, v. i. imp.  p. p. labored; p. pr.  vb. n.
   laboring. oe. labouren, f. labourer, l. laborare. see
   labor, n. written also labour.
   1. to exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with
      painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to
      work; to toil.
      1913 webster

            adam, well may we labor still to dress
            this garden.                          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any
      design; to strive; to take pains.
      1913 webster

   3. to be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's
      work under conditions which make it especially hard,
      wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under
      a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and
      formerly with of.
      1913 webster

            the stone that labors up the hill.    --granville.
      1913 webster

            the line too labors, and the words move slow.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            to cure the disorder under which he labored. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
      1913 webster

            come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
            and i will give you rest.             --matt. xi. 28
      1913 webster

   4. to be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be
      in labor.
      1913 webster

   5. naut. to pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent
      sea. --totten.
      1913 webster
see also:
labored laboring labor labour 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

labored
     adj 1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" syn: laboured,
             strained
     2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject
        made for labored reading" syn: heavy, laboured
see also:
laboured strained heavy 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

104 moby thesaurus words for "labored":
   herculean, latinate, affected, alliterating, alliterative,
   arabesque, arduous, artificial, assonant, awkward, backbreaking,
   baroque, belabored, bombastic, burdensome, busy, chanting, chichi,
   chiming, cliche-ridden, clumsy, contrived, cramped, crushing,
   cumbrous, difficult, dingdong, effortful, elaborate, elegant,
   elephantine, excessive, fancy, farfetched, fine, flamboyant,
   florid, flowery, forced, formal, frilly, fussy, grueling, guinde,
   halting, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, harping, heavy, hefty,
   high-wrought, humdrum, inept, inkhorn, jingle-jangle, jog-trot,
   killing, laborious, leaden, lumbering, luxuriant, luxurious,
   maladroit, monotone, monotonous, moresque, onerous, operose,
   oppressive, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overelaborate,
   overelegant, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, painful,
   picturesque, pompous, ponderous, pretty-pretty, punishing, rhymed,
   rhyming, rich, rococo, sesquipedalian, singsong, stiff, stilted,
   strained, strenuous, tedious, toilsome, tough, troublesome, turgid,
   unnatural, unwieldy, uphill, wearisome, weighty

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Job 20:18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall
...That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to.....That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to.....That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it: according to his..
http://www.bible.cc/job/20-18.htm, score=100, date indexed=June 24, 2005, 8:02 pm

Romans 16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
...Greet Mary, who labored much for us. WEB..Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you. ASV.....Labored..Laboured..Mary..Salute..Strenuously..Worked..Bible Gateway: Romans Chapter 16..
http://www.bible.cc/romans/16-6.htm, score=98, date indexed=April 18, 2005, 8:56 pm

Isaiah 49:4 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent
...But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet.....But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet.....Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain; yet..
http://www.bible.cc/isaiah/49-4.htm, score=98, date indexed=April 19, 2005, 2:34 am

Hard-labored - definition of Hard-labored by the Free Online Dictionary,...
...Hard-labored synonyms, Hard-labored antonyms. Information about Hard-labored in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia.....Definition of Hard-labored in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of Hard-labored. What does.....Some words with "Hard-labored" in the definition:arduous..backbreaking..condemn..grueling..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Hard-labored, score=88, date indexed=June 20, 2005, 5:59 am

dict.cc dictionary :: labored :: English-German translation
...s=labored..Hint: Double-click next to phrase to retranslate — To enter another word.....English-German translation for labored in the online dictionary dict.cc.....dict.cc.....labored ..arbeitete .. Search time: 0.008 sec..Feel free to link to this translation..
http://www.dict.cc/?s=labored, score=76, date indexed=August 8, 2005, 12:24 am

LABORED - Definition
...Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored.....adj]  requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored.....labored style.   Thesaurus Terms..    Related Terms: affected, alliterating, alliterative..
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/labored, score=76, date indexed=April 6, 2005, 7:12 pm

John 4:38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored.
...I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their.....I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are.....other men labored, and ye have entered into their labors. WBS..I sent you to reap a..
http://www.bible.cc/john/4-38.htm, score=74, date indexed=April 10, 2005, 5:31 am

Joshua 24:13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored
...I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you.....And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and.....Labored..Laboured..Olive..Olive-Gardens..Oliveyards..Olive-Yards..Plant..Planted..Planting..
http://www.bible.cc/joshua/24-13.htm, score=72, date indexed=July 4, 2005, 7:51 am

Labored - Definition of Labored by Webster's Online Dictionary
...Labored explanation. Definition of Labored is provided by 1913 Webster's Dictionary, WordNet Lexical Database, Dictionary of.....labored.. reading"Synonyms: laboured, heavy..Herculean, Latinate, affected, alliterating.....Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored..
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Labored, score=72, date indexed=February 22, 2005, 12:59 pm

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