belabour
English
/bɪˈleɪ.bə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.
- (British spelling) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.
- (British spelling) To attack someone verbally.
- (British spelling) To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on.
Etymology
Prefix from English labour.
Origin
English
labour
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Labour Party English
- anti-labour English
- antilabour English
- belabourer English
- belaboureth English
- laborite English
- labour English
- labouress English
- labourest English
- laboureth English
- labourism English
- labourist English
- labourous English
- laboursome English
- mislabour English
- nonlabour English
- outlabour English
- overlabour English
- prelabour English
- labouren Middle English