ALL meanings of belabour
be·la·bor
B b - verb belabour If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. 3
- verb belabour If you say that someone belabours the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way. 3
- verb belabour to beat severely; thrash 3
- verb belabour to attack verbally; criticize harshly 3
- verb with object belabour to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed. 1
- verb with object belabour to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule: a book that belabors the provincialism of his contemporaries. 1
- verb with object belabour to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows. 1
- verb with object belabour Obsolete. to labor at. 1
- verb belabour (Transitive Verb) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently. 0
- verb belabour (Transitive Verb) (British) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone. 0
- verb belabour (Transitive Verb) (British) To attack someone verbally. 0
- verb belabour (Transitive Verb) (British) To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on. 0