"belabor" meaning in English

See belabor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: belabors [present, singular, third-person], belaboring [participle, present], belabored [participle, past], belabored [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} belabor (third-person singular simple present belabors, present participle belaboring, simple past and past participle belabored)
  1. US spelling of belabour. Tags: US, alt-of Alternative form of: belabour Derived forms: belaboredly, belaborer, unbelabored

Inflected forms

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