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.
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2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
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Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. --Dryden.
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18 Moby Thesaurus words for "belabored": alliterating, alliterative, assonant, chanting, chiming, cliche-ridden, dingdong, harping, humdrum, jingle-jangle, jog-trot, labored, monotone, monotonous, rhymed, rhyming, singsong, tedious