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



RESET




Word of the Day

23 June 2025

PEOPLE

(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

coffee icon