Belabored

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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