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Definition of Belabor
1. Verb. To work at or to absurd length. "Belabor the obvious"
2. Verb. Attack verbally with harsh criticism. "She was belabored by her fellow students"
3. Verb. Beat soundly.
Definition of Belabor
1. v. t. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.
Definition of Belabor
1. Verb. (American English) (alternative spelling of belabour) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belabor
1. to discuss for an absurd amount of time [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belabor
Literary usage of Belabor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... for the knave knew very well how to play hia part. angel ; and, did he not
buffet and belabor himself, he would be a very saint for gentleness. ..."
2. American Painters: With One Hundred and Four Examples of Their Work Engraved by George William Sheldon (1880)
"And it is something to say of any artist who has been in Europe that not one of
the misfortunes that belabor and occasionally swamp his fellows has ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Pelt, va I. Strike {with something thrown), beat, batter, assail with missiles,
belabor. 3. Throw, cast, hurl. PA И*"'» Shi«.d-shaped. Peltry, n. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"If you are looking for a reason to choose between labor and belabor there are
these facts: labor is older ... belabor carries the connotation of its primary ..."
5. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat
on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive ..."
6. A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1868)
"Never was there a general, an admiral, or any other commander, who, in giving
account of any battle he had fought, did not sorely belabor the enemy; ..."
7. First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Joaquin Miller (1876)
"At best we have to belabor the old earth ; beat her to make her give us bread.
... The little thin hands clasped and lifted as if in prayer» " belabor my ..."
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