BELABOR

belabor, belabour

(verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism; “She was belabored by her fellow students”

belabour, belabor

(verb) beat soundly

belabor, belabour

(verb) to work at or to absurd length; “belabor the obvious”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

belabor (third-person singular simple present belabors, present participle belaboring, simple past and past participle belabored)

United States alternative spelling of belabour.

Anagrams

• borable

Source: Wiktionary


Be*la"bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring.]

1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.

2. To beat soundly; to cudgel. Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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