The Clue
Strained (7 letter answer)
The Answer
LABORED
Tags
Notes
The answer LABORED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Expended effort
Lacking spontaneity
Unnatural; stiff
Definition
LABOR as a verb:
1. (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. (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
LABORED as an adjective:
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"