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be·la·bour  (b-lbr)

v. Chiefly British

Variant of belabor.

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belabour US, belabor [bɪˈleɪbə]

vb (tr)

1. to beat severely; thrash

2. to attack verbally; criticize harshly

3. an obsolete word for labour

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	belabour - to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" belabor work at, work on - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"
	2.	belabour - beat soundly                         belabor beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
	3.	belabour - attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" belabor criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

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belabour

verb

1. beat, hit, strike, knock, punch, belt (informal), whip, deck (slang), batter, thrash, pound, flog, clobber (slang), tonk (informal), cudgel, thwack, lambast(e), lay one on (slang), drub Men began to belabour his shoulders with sticks.

2. attack, blast, put down, criticize, have a go (at) (informal), censure, malign, berate, castigate, revile, vilify, flame (informal), tear into (informal), lay into (informal), flay, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), go for the jugular, lambast(e), excoriate They have been belaboured on all sides for withdrawing from the cup.

3. dwell on, go on about, linger over, harp on about, over-elaborate, over-emphasize, tarry over I will not belabour the point.

Translations

belabour belabor (US) [bɪˈleɪbəʳ] VT (o.f.) (= beat) → apalear (fig) (with insults) → atacar; (with questions) → asediar (with con)

belabour [bɪˈleɪbə^r] (British) belabor (US) vt

(= labour) [+ point] → insister sur

(= pummel) → rouer de coups, rosser

belabour, (US) belabor

vt

(= hit) → einschlagen auf (+acc)

(fig, with insults etc) → überhäufen; (with questions) → beschießen, bearbeiten

belabour belabor (Am) [bɪˈleɪbəʳ] vt (beat) → bastonare
to belabour with (fig) (questions) → tartassare di (insults) → bombardare di