Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To attack with blows; hit, beat, or whip. See Synonyms at beat.
- v. To assail verbally.
- v. To discuss repeatedly or at length; harp on: Don't belabor the point.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To work hard upon; ply diligently.
- To beat soundly; thump.
Wiktionary
- v. US alternative spelling of belabour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.
- v. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
WordNet 3.0
- v. attack verbally with harsh criticism
- v. to work at or to absurd length
- v. beat soundly
Examples
“He tends to find a point in his case (and in both books, the point he chooses to belabor is ridiculous and would not BE a point in a real case of law) and go over and over and over that point ad nauseum until you want to scream.”
“To belabor the obvious, La Jornada is a leftist newspaper.”
“Not to belabor the topic, but there is an important distinction between being what is called a "foreign resident" for tax purposes and a resident with regards to your immigration status.”
“I don't really want to belabor this since we're not even on the original topic of this thread.”
Dialect and Language discussion - pulled from another thread . . .
“Given the many strengths of "The Murder of the Century," it might seem unkind to belabor these points.”
“Much though I may belabor it, the question of whether or not to shampoo before vet visits is not really so crucial as all that.”
“There's no need to belabor criticism of the failed system of public education, which services 50 million American students and dispenses disparate results along racial lines readily seen when relevant data are reviewed.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Green: Investing in America's Growing Assets: Minorities
“One need not belabor the point that this is a dire threat both to the people of Arab states and to the United States.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph K. Grieboski: President Obama, Religious Freedom And The Arab Summer
“Not to belabor this point Movintomx but coincidentally there is a discussion of crime at Lakeside on Chapala.”
“Sometimes we have to leave our kids alone to play, and not obsess, belabor, hover or cajole like tiger mothers of the imagination.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘belabor’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Favs
'nuf said
guffaw, pontificate, regalia, appease, sage, epitome, posit, dissipate, delineate, congruent, erroneous, braggadocio and 20 more...
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Do More Than Hate
A list of words for describing dislike, reproval or criticism.
belabor, malevolent, reprobate, ire, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignance, grame, scorn, geck and 23 more...
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Go over
mollify, obstinate, obviate, occlude, onerous, obscure, paragon, pedantic, perfunctory, placate, placid, prodigal and 364 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1523 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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SAT vocab
abash, abdicate, abate, aberration, abhor, abject, abnegate, abortive, absolve, abstruse, accolade, accost and 175 more...
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My GRE words
abase, abate, aberrant, abet, abeyance, abject, abjure, ablution, abnegation, abortive, abrogate, abscission and 140 more...
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GRE
Taisha GRE Bible
archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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vozcelik's Words
cranny, tummy, nook, sinister, cajole, frugal, chafe, wimp, booger, patriarchy, indifference, mire and 162 more...
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
approbation, assuage, chicanery, abscond, effrontery, enervation, equivocate, ennui, aftertaste, filibuster, perfunctory, abide and 391 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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theinfonaut's Words
pithy, voraciousness, aphorism, crumple, flaneur, coquettish, grace, discriminating, oscillation, assumption, nasturtium, petiole and 90 more...
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be-
around; completely; about; away
beset, besmirch, besmear, bereave, bemoan, befriend, becloud, belabor, become
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