belabor

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İngilizce - İngilizce
Alternative spelling of belabour
{v} to thump, thump hard, beat soundly
attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"
To beat soundly; to cudgel
To attack someone verbally
To beat someone
To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on
to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"
{f} criticize, ridicule; excessively elaborate on a topic; beat, hit (also belabour)
To ply diligently; to work carefully upon
attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious
beat soundly
to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious
belabour
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.

belabored
{s} elaborated on excessively; attacked
belabored
past of belabor
belaboring
present participle of belabor
belabors
third-person singular of belabor
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. I won't belabour the point, for this is a familiar story. = labour
belabour
To beat someone
belabour
attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"
belabour
{f} criticize, ridicule; excessively elaborate on a topic; beat, hit (also belabor)
belabour
be·la·bour belabours belabouring belaboured in AM, use belabor1. If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. = pummel
belabour
to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"
belabour
To attack someone verbally
belabour
beat soundly
belaboured
past of belabour
belabouring
present participle of belabour
belabours
third-person singular of belabour
belabor