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--v. 5 work, toil, travail, drudge, strain, strive, struggle,
slave, Colloq sweat, grind, Brit peg away (at), swot: We
laboured hard to get where we are today. 6 dwell on, overdo,
overemphasize, harp on, overstress, strain, Colloq belabour: I
heard you the first time, so don't labour the point. 7 labour
under. be burdened or troubled or distressed by, be deluded or
deceived by, be disadvantaged by, suffer, endure: He is
labouring under a misapprehension. She labours under the
impression that she will not be affected by a lack of education.
laboured adj. 1 strained, forced, difficult, hard, laborious, heavy:
His breathing became laboured. 2 overdone, excessive,
overwrought, ornate, elaborate, overworked, over-embellished,
contrived, affected, artificial, unnatural: Her writing style
is very laboured and much too stiff.
labourer n. worker, workman, hand, blue-collar worker, working man,
manual worker, drudge, Colloq Brit navvy: Get some labourers to
clear away that rubble.
labyrinthine
adj. labyrinthian, maze-like, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, winding,
convoluted, complicated, confusing, perplexing, puzzling,
enigmatic, baffling, confounding, complex, Daedalian or
Daedalean or Daedalic, daedal, intricate, Byzantine, twisted,
gnarled, snarled, tangled, knotted, knotty, Gordian: The plot
was so labyrinthine that the audience was unable to follow it.
lace n. 1 lace-work, tatting, openwork, filigree, mesh, web,
webbing, net, netting, network: She wore a collar of handmade
lace. 2 shoelace, shoestring, bootlace, cord, string, thong,
tie, lacing: They made me remove my belt, tie, and laces before
locking me in a cell.
--v. 3 thread, weave, string, twine, interweave, intertwine:
First lace the cord through the eyelets, then draw it tight. 4
spike, fortify, strengthen: I saw her lace my punch with vodka,
so I didn't drink it. 5 lace into. a attack, assault, beat,
assail, thrash, belabour, fall on or upon, set upon, pounce on
or upon, lay into, Colloq light into: The brothers laced into
one another with a fury. b berate, scold, revile, attack,
upbraid, castigate, rant or rave at: She really laced into me
for being an hour late for dinner.