The Collaborative International Dictionary
Belabor \Be*la"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring.]
To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. ``If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn.''
--Barrow.-
To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of belabor English)
Usage examples of "belaboring".
Despite the darkness-despite the fact that his men couldn’t see Orison’s counterattacks in time to defend themselves very well-he was belaboring the gates with the heaviest battering ram he had.
I have no intention of belaboring the point, nor do I feel that endless protestations of innocence on my partor Earl White Haven's, for that matterwould be appropriate or serve any useful purpose.
In the meantime, however, I believe we've dealt with the matter as thoroughly as it deserves, and, as I say, I have no intention of belaboring my denial of the allegations.
I followed her and the yarn, which was not as red as the sight that soon met my eyes: Stephan's nose was bleeding profusely and a boy named Lothar, with curly hair and fine blue veins on his temples, was kneeling on the sickly little fellow's chest, resolutely belaboring his nose.
Maria While history, blaring special communiqués at the top of its lungs, sped like a well-greased amphibious vehicle over the roads and waterways of Europe and through the air as well, conquering everything in its path, my own affairs, which were restricted to the belaboring of lacquered toy drums, were in a bad way.
One of the men, knowing better, grabbed the cudgel and started belaboring him, inflicting real damage, but Paul interceded.