| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb belabor.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (belabor) | 1. To work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious".[Wordnet]. 2. Attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students".[Wordnet]. 3. Beat soundly.[Wordnet]. 4. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.[Websters]. 5. To beat soundly; to cudgel.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: belaboring, belabored, belabors, belaborer, belaborers, belaboringly and belaboredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BELABORING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Specialty Definition: belabor
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To beat soundly; to thump. Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To attack someone verbally. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To beat someone. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. - Inaugural speech 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (references) |
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