toil
toil 1
(toil)intr.v. toiled, toil·ing, toils
1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.
2. To proceed with difficulty: "The old woman ... proceeded to toil up the narrow staircase before us" (James Joyce).
[Middle English toilen, from Anglo-Norman toiler, to stir about, from Latin tudiculāre, from tudicula, a machine for bruising olives, diminutive of tudes, hammer.]
toil′er n.
toil 2
(toil)n.
1. often toils Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment: caught in the toils of despair.
2. Archaic A net for trapping game.
[French toile, cloth, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, web; see teks- in Indo-European roots.]
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toil
(tɔɪl)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
[C13: from Anglo-French toiler to struggle, from Old French toeillier to confuse, from Latin tudiculāre to stir, from tudicula machine for bruising olives, from tudes a hammer, from tundere to beat]
ˈtoiler n
toil
(tɔɪl)n
1. (often plural) a net or snare: the toils of fortune had ensnared him.
2. (Hunting) archaic a trap for wild beasts
[C16: from Old French toile, from Latin tēla loom]
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toil1
(tɔɪl)n.
1. exhausting labor or effort.
2. a laborious task.
3. Archaic. battle; strife.
v.i.4. to labor arduously.
5. to move or travel with great effort or weariness.
v.t.6. to accomplish by unremitting labor.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French toil contention, toiler to contend < Latin tudiculāre to stir up, beat, v. derivative of tudicula machine for crushing olives]
toil′er, n.
toil′ful, adj.
toil2
(tɔɪl)n.
1. Usu., toils. a net or series of nets in which game is trapped.
2. Usu., toils. a trap or snare: to be caught in the toils of a bureaucracy.
[1520–30; < Middle French toile < Latin tēla web]
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toil
Past participle: toiled
Gerund: toiling
| Imperative |
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| toil |
| toil |
| Present |
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| I toil |
| you toil |
| he/she/it toils |
| we toil |
| you toil |
| they toil |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I toiled |
| you toiled |
| he/she/it toiled |
| we toiled |
| you toiled |
| they toiled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am toiling |
| you are toiling |
| he/she/it is toiling |
| we are toiling |
| you are toiling |
| they are toiling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have toiled |
| you have toiled |
| he/she/it has toiled |
| we have toiled |
| you have toiled |
| they have toiled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was toiling |
| you were toiling |
| he/she/it was toiling |
| we were toiling |
| you were toiling |
| they were toiling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had toiled |
| you had toiled |
| he/she/it had toiled |
| we had toiled |
| you had toiled |
| they had toiled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will toil |
| you will toil |
| he/she/it will toil |
| we will toil |
| you will toil |
| they will toil |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have toiled |
| you will have toiled |
| he/she/it will have toiled |
| we will have toiled |
| you will have toiled |
| they will have toiled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be toiling |
| you will be toiling |
| he/she/it will be toiling |
| we will be toiling |
| you will be toiling |
| they will be toiling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been toiling |
| you have been toiling |
| he/she/it has been toiling |
| we have been toiling |
| you have been toiling |
| they have been toiling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been toiling |
| you will have been toiling |
| he/she/it will have been toiling |
| we will have been toiling |
| you will have been toiling |
| they will have been toiling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been toiling |
| you had been toiling |
| he/she/it had been toiling |
| we had been toiling |
| you had been toiling |
| they had been toiling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would toil |
| you would toil |
| he/she/it would toil |
| we would toil |
| you would toil |
| they would toil |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have toiled |
| you would have toiled |
| he/she/it would have toiled |
| we would have toiled |
| you would have toiled |
| they would have toiled |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"roping - capturing cattle or horses with a lasso work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" corvee - unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" hunting, hunt - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts hackwork - professional work done according to formula haymaking - cutting grass and curing it to make hay overwork, overworking - the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay |
| Verb | 1. |  toil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
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toil
verb
1. labour, work, struggle, strive, grind (informal), sweat (informal), slave, graft (informal), go for it (informal), slog, grub, bend over backwards (informal), drudge, go for broke (slang), push yourself, bust a gut (informal), give it your best shot (informal), break your neck (informal), work like a dog, make an all-out effort (informal), work like a Trojan, knock yourself out (informal), do your damnedest (informal), give it your all (informal), work your fingers to the bone, rupture yourself (informal) Boys toiled in the hot sun to finish the wall.
2. struggle, trek, slog, trudge, push yourself, fight your way, drag yourself, footslog He had his head down as he toiled up the hill.
noun
1. hard work, industry, labour, effort, pains, application, sweat, graft (informal), slog, exertion, drudgery, travail, donkey-work, elbow grease (informal), blood, sweat, and tears (informal) It is only toil which gives meaning to things.
hard work inertia, inactivity, laziness, sloth, idleness, torpor, indolence
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toil
verb1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:
2. To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty:
Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
Chiefly British: fag.
Idiom: sweat of one's brow.
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Translations
عَمَل شاق، كَدْحيَجُرُّ خُطاه، يَمْشي بِصُعوبَهيَكْدَح
dřinadřít sevléci se
asehårdt arbejdeslide
gürigürizik
dragnast áframstritstrita
darbasdarbuotistriūsti
pūlētiessmagi strādātsmagi virzītiessmags darbsvilkties
çırpınmakçok çalışmaçok çalışmakdidinmezorla ilerlemek
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toil
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toil
(toil) verb1. to work hard and long. He toiled all day in the fields.
2. to move with great difficulty. He toiled along the road with all his luggage.
nounhard work. He slept well after his hours of toil.
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