Usually means: To excessively explain or criticize.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word belabour:

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  1. belabour: Merriam-Webster
  2. belabour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. belabour: Collins English Dictionary
  4. belabour: Vocabulary.com
  5. belabour: Wordnik
  6. belabour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. belabour: Wiktionary
  8. belabour: Dictionary.com
  9. belabour: Rhymezone
  10. belabour: FreeDictionary.org
  11. belabour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. belabour: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. belabour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

(Note: See belabouring as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
verb:  (transitive) To beat or thump (someone) soundly.
verb:  (transitive) To attack (someone) verbally.
verb:  (transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.

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