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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