belabour.
To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
Meaning & usage
To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
To beat or thump (someone) soundly.
To attack (someone) verbally.
To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.
Where this word comes from
From be- (“on, upon, about, over”) + labour. Compare bework, betoil, beswink.
Try it on your idea.
belabour has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.