belabour

«belabour» in Mova's school dictionary: to beat them hard again and again, usually with a stick — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (belabours, belaboured, belabouring); American spelling «belabor»

meaning for a pupil

To belabour someone is to beat them hard again and again, usually with a stick. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a fight where one character hits another with a club or stick; also used for beating something hard

examples

• The giant belaboured his friend with a club. tree →
• The angry farmer belaboured the sack with his stick. tree →
• Mercury belaboured the rogue with his staff. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «belabour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.