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toil
1[ toil ]
noun
- hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- a laborious task.
- Archaic. battle; strife; struggle.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously:
to toil in the fields.
Synonyms: ,
- to move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain.
verb (used with object)
- to accomplish or produce by toil.
toil
1/ ɔɪ /
noun
- hard or exhausting work
- an obsolete word for strife
verb
- intr to labour
- intr to progress with slow painful movements
to toil up a hill
- archaic.tr to achieve by toil
toil
2/ ɔɪ /
noun
- often plural a net or snare
the toils of fortune had ensnared him
- archaic.a trap for wild beasts
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǾ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٴǾİ noun
- ܲ·ٴǾiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of toil1
Origin of toil2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of toil1
Origin of toil2
Example Sentences
The story touches on matters of body image and sexual autonomy within their community of immigrant women, who are often shown toiling inside a garment factory amid the sweltering summer heat of 1987.
Videos generated by artificial intelligence that show obese Americans toiling in garment factories.
Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.
The series depicted the lives of the staff toiling downstairs at 165 Eaton Place and the wealthy Bellamy family living above.
But more importantly, somewhere in a data centre some hot computer servers were toiling away to make Action Figure Zoe.
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What are other ways to say toil?
The noun toil refers to hard and continuous work. How is toil different from drudgery, labor, and work? Find out on .
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