'Belabor' definitions:
Definition of 'belabor'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Belabor'
From: GCIDE
- Belabor \Be*la"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring.]
- 1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To beat soundly; to cudgel. [1913 Webster]
- Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'belabor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- accentuate,
- always trot out,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- batter,
- beat,
- belt,
- birch,
- buffet,
- cane,
- club,
- cowhide,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- drub,
- dwell on,
- dwell upon,
- emphasize,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flog,
- fustigate,
- give a whipping,
- give emphasis to,
- give the stick,
- hammer away at,
- harp on,
- highlight,
- horsewhip,
- insist upon,
- italicize,
- knout,
- labor,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- lash,
- lay on,
- overaccentuate,
- overemphasize,
- overstress,
- pelt,
- pistol-whip,
- place emphasis on,
- point up,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pummel,
- punctuate,
- rawhide,
- rub in,
- scourge,
- smite,
- spank,
- spotlight,
- star,
- strap,
- stress,
- stripe,
- swinge,
- switch,
- thrash,
- thresh over,
- thump,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- underline,
- underscore,
- wallop,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop