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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).
n.
1. Exhausting labor or effort. See Synonyms at work.
2. Archaic Strife; contention.

[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)
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
[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.
syn: See work.

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
toil
toil
Present
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:
Noun1.toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages)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
donkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind - hard monotonous routine work
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
manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands
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
Verb1.toil - work hardtoil - 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

verb
1. 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:
noun
Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
Informal: sweat.
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

toil

[tɔɪl] (liter)
A. Ntrabajo m, esfuerzo m
after months of toildespués de meses de trabajo (agotador)
B. VI
1. (= work hard) → trabajar duro
to toil away at sthdarle duro a algo
to toil to do sthesforzarse or afanarse por hacer algo
they toiled on into the nightsiguieron trabajando hasta muy entrada la noche
2. (= move with difficulty) to toil alongcaminar con dificultad, avanzar penosamente
to toil up a hillsubir trabajosamente una cuesta
the engine is beginning to toilel motor empieza a funcionar con dificultad
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toil

[ˈtɔɪl]
ndur travail m, labeur m
vipeiner
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toil

vi
(liter: = work) → sich plagen, sich abmühen (at, over mit)
(= move with effort)sich schleppen; to toil up a hillsich einen Berg hinaufschleppen
n (liter: = work) → Mühe f, → Plage f (geh); after months of toilnach monatelanger Mühe or Plage
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toil

[tɔɪl]
2. vilavorare sodo, faticare
to toil away at sth → lavorare duramente su qc
to toil up a hill → arrancare su per una collina
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toil

(toil) verb
1. 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.
noun
hard work. He slept well after his hours of toil.
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References in classic literature ?
Would not this be a heavy toil? But if the task were, not to write off the English Bible, but to learn a language utterly unlike all other tongues, a language which hitherto had never been learned, except by the Indians themselves, from their mothers' lips,--a language never written, and the strange words of which seemed inexpressible by letters,--if the task were, first to learn this new variety of speech, and then to translate the Bible into it, and to do it so carefully that not one idea throughout the holy book should be changed,--what would induce you to undertake this toil?
An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
At the best, toiling as only picked men could toil, they made no more than three miles an hour.
The day passed in patient toil, on the part of the poor girl, the only relief she enjoyed being those moments when she was called on to attend to the wants of her grandmother.
He had no thoughts save for the nerve-racking, body- destroying toil. Outside of that it was impossible to think.
He did a great deal of translating for the magazines on scientific and philosophic subjects; and, coming home late at night, worn out from the strain of the campaign, he would plunge into his translating and toil on well into the morning hours.
He told him that he should try to do nothing to stain the whiteness of that apron, which symbolized strength and purity; then of the unexplained trowel, he told him to toil with it to cleanse his own heart from vice, and indulgently to smooth with it the heart of his neighbor.
They give to us their all; ought we not to toil unceasingly, that they may bloom in peace within their quiet homes?
Thus, after a day of intense cold, and severe and incessant toil, amidst the wildest of scenery, they managed, about nightfall, to reach the camping ground, from which they had started in the morning, and for the first time in the course of their rugged and perilous expedition, felt their hearts quailing under their multiplied hardships.
It is all over--the toil of months, the object of my life.
"What nature reared by centuries of toil, A scalawag in half a day can spoil; An equal fate for him may Heaven provide - Damned in the moment of his tallest pride."
'Yes, they are true, but they have been that way always.' Or you say, 'Maybe it will come, but not in my time--it will not help me.' And so you return to your daily round of toil, you go back to be ground up for profits in the world-wide mill of economic might!