belabor
be
bÉĒ
bi
la
ˈleÉĒ
lei
bor
bər
bēr
/bÉĒˈleÉĒbə/
belabour

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "belabor"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to beat someone repeatedly and forcefully
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was belabored by guards after trying to escape.
āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to criticize excessively and harshly, often in a way that feels aggressive or repetitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She belabored him with accusations until he walked away.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϏ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻžāĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to elaborate or repeat beyond what is reasonable or helpful
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He belabored the details of the plan until everyone lost interest.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ