About The Word Belabor
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Belabor
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What's The Definition Of Belabor?
[v] attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"
[v] beat soundly [v] to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" Synonyms | Synonyms for Belabor: belabour | belabour | belabour Related Terms | Find terms related to Belabor: accent | accentuate | always trot out | baste | bastinado | batter | beat | belt | birch | buffet | cane | club | cowhide | cudgel | cut | drub | dwell on | dwell upon | emphasize | flagellate | flail | flog | fustigate | give a whipping | give emphasis to | give the stick | hammer away at | harp on | highlight | horsewhip | insist upon | italicize | knout | labor | lace | lambaste | lash | lay on | overaccentuate | overemphasize | overstress | pelt | pistol-whip | place emphasis on | point up | pommel | pound | pummel | punctuate | rawhide | rub in | scourge | smite | spank | spotlight | star | strap | stress | stripe | swinge | switch | thrash | thresh over | thump | trounce | truncheon | underline | underscore | wallop | whale | whip | whop See Also | beat | beat up | criticise | criticize | pick apart | work at | work on | work over Belabor In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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