BELABOUR

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


Etymology

Verb

belabour (third-person singular simple present belabours, present participle belabouring, simple past and past participle belaboured)

(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.

(British spelling, transitive) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.

(British spelling, transitive) To attack someone verbally.

(British spelling, transitive) To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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