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verb
- 1. work extremely hard or incessantly: "we toiled away" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. exhausting physical labor: "a life of toil"
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The meaning of TOIL is long strenuous fatiguing labor. How to use toil in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Toil.
TOIL definition: 1. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: 2. to work hard: 3. to move…. Learn more.
Toil is another word for work. You toil as a customer service rep all day, but you'd prefer to work as a rock goddess. Unfortunately, there weren't many ads in the employment section for goddesses — rock or otherwise.
TOIL meaning: 1. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: 2. to work hard: 3. to move…. Learn more.
1. hard or exhausting work. 2. an obsolete word for strife. verb. 3. (intransitive) to labour. 4. (intransitive) to progress with slow painful movements. to toil up a hill.
n. 1. hard or exhausting work. 2. an obsolete word for strife. vb. 3. (intr) to labour. 4. (intr) to progress with slow painful movements: to toil up a hill. 5. (tr) archaic to achieve by toil.
Definition of toil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
toil is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French toil; toil v. 1
toil. noun [ U ] literary. (Definition of toil from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of toil. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指體力上的）苦工, 努力工作, 苦幹，努力工作… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指体力上的）苦工，苦活, 努力工作, 苦干，努力工作… See more. in Spanish.
Definitions of 'toil'. 1. When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. [literary] [...] 1. Toil away means the same as toil. [...] 2. If you toil somewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired.
