2labor (US) or Brit la·bour verb
labors; labored; labor·ing [no obj] 1 a : to do work
▪ Workers labored in the vineyard. ▪ He labored for several years as a miner.
b : to work hard in order to achieve something
▪ She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal. ▪ Both sides continue to labor [=struggle] to find a solution. ▪ We should honor those who labored so long to make the truth known. 2 : to move or proceed with effort
▪ The truck labored up the hill. ▪ I have been laboring through this book for months. 3 : to repeat or stress something too much or too often
▪ She has a tendency to labor the obvious. ▪ I don't want to labor [=belabor] the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.
▪ Workers labored in the vineyard. ▪ He labored for several years as a miner.
b : to work hard in order to achieve something
▪ She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal. ▪ Both sides continue to labor [=struggle] to find a solution. ▪ We should honor those who labored so long to make the truth known.
▪ The truck labored up the hill. ▪ I have been laboring through this book for months.
▪ She has a tendency to labor the obvious. ▪ I don't want to labor [=belabor] the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.
labor under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception
◊If you continue to believe something that is not true, you are laboring under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception.
▪ He still labors under the delusion that other people value his opinion.
▪ He still labors under the delusion that other people value his opinion.
