belabour (verb)
1belabour — (US belabor) ► VERB 1) attack physically or verbally. 2) argue or discuss in excessive detail …
2belabour — verb a) To beat someone. He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood. b) To attack someone verbally. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead… …
3belabour — [[t]bɪle͟ɪbə(r)[/t]] belabours, belabouring, belaboured (in AM, use belabor) 1) VERB If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] Men began to belabour his shoulders, his head, his arms with sticks …
4belabour — UK [bɪˈleɪbə(r)] / US [bɪˈleɪbər] verb [transitive] Word forms belabour : present tense I/you/we/they belabour he/she/it belabours present participle belabouring past tense belaboured past participle belaboured 1) formal to emphasize an idea or… …
5belabour — BrE, belabor AmE verb (T) 1 belabour the point to emphasize an idea or fact too strongly, especially by repeating it many times 2 to attack or criticize someone or something severely 3 old use to beat someone or something hard …
6belabour — (US belabor) verb 1》 attack physically or verbally. 2》 argue or discuss in excessive detail …
7belabour — /bəˈleɪbə / (say buh laybuh), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) 1. to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows. 2. to assail persistently, as with ridicule. 3. Obsolete to labour at. Also, belabor …
8work on — verb 1. to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something (Freq. 21) the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold • Syn: ↑work at • Hypernyms: ↑work • Hyponyms: ↑belabor, ↑ …
9work at — verb to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something (Freq. 6) the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold • Syn: ↑work on • Hypernyms: ↑work • Hyponyms: ↑belabor, ↑ …
10belabor — verb 1. to work at or to absurd length (Freq. 1) belabor the obvious • Syn: ↑belabour • Hypernyms: ↑work at, ↑work on • Verb Frames …
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