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toil
toil 1 T0249500 (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 T0249500 (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.]toil (tɔɪl) n1. hard or exhausting work2. an obsolete word for strifevb3. (intr) to labour4. (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) n1. (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]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] toil
Past participle: toiled
Gerund: toiling
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| I toil | | you toil | | he/she/it toils | | we toil | | you toil | | they toil |
| Preterite |
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| I toiled | | you toiled | | he/she/it toiled | | we toiled | | you toiled | | they toiled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am toiling | | you are toiling | | he/she/it is toiling | | we are toiling | | you are toiling | | they are toiling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have toiled | | you have toiled | | he/she/it has toiled | | we have toiled | | you have toiled | | they have toiled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was toiling | | you were toiling | | he/she/it was toiling | | we were toiling | | you were toiling | | they were toiling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had toiled | | you had toiled | | he/she/it had toiled | | we had toiled | | you had toiled | | they had toiled |
| Future |
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| I will toil | | you will toil | | he/she/it will toil | | we will toil | | you will toil | | they will toil |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would toil | | you would toil | | he/she/it would toil | | we would toil | | you would toil | | they would toil |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"labor, labourroping - capturing cattle or horses with a lassowork - 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 taxesdonkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind - hard monotonous routine workelbow 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 peltshackwork - professional work done according to formulahaymaking - cutting grass and curing it to make haymanual labor, manual labour - labor done with the handsoverwork, 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"drudge, labour, moil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grinddo 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" |
toilverb1. 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.noun1. 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, indolencetoilverb1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:drive, fag, labor, moil, strain, strive, sweat, travail, tug, work.Idiom: break one's back.2. To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty:plod, slog, slop, trudge, wade.nounPhysical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:drudgery, labor, moil, travail, work.Informal: sweat.Chiefly British: fag.Idiom: sweat of one's brow.Translationstoil (toil) verb1. to work hard and long. He toiled all day in the fields. 辛苦，勞累 辛苦，苦干 2. to move with great difficulty. He toiled along the road with all his luggage. 艱難地行進 艰苦跋涉 noun hard work. He slept well after his hours of toil. 苦工 辛苦工作toil
toil for someone 1. to work on behalf of someone or for someone's benefit. I don't mind toiling for her as long as she thanks me. I don't know why I toil for you. You are totally ungrateful. 2. to do someone else's work. I don't know why I should have to toil for you. Do your own work! I won't toil for him. He can do his own work.See also: toiltoil for something 1. to work toward a particular goal or ideal. I am willing to toil for something I believe in. She spent the afternoon toiling for her favorite charity. 2. to work for a certain rate of pay. It's hard to toil for slave's wages. Do you expect me to toil endlessly for such low pay?See also: toiltoil over someone or somethingto work hard on someone or something. The doctors toiled over the patient for hours. Ken toiled over his model plane well into the night.See also: over, toiltoil up somethingto work hard to climb something steep. The hikers toiled up the slope slowly. As the bus toiled up the hill, we worried that the engine might be overheating.See also: toil, uptoil
toil Archaic a trap for wild beasts TOIL
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toil
Related to toil: Double double toil and troubleSynonyms for toilverb labourSynonyms- labour
- work
- struggle
- strive
- grind
- sweat
- slave
- graft
- go for it
- slog
- grub
- bend over backwards
- drudge
- go for broke
- push yourself
- bust a gut
- give it your best shot
- break your neck
- work like a dog
- make an all-out effort
- work like a Trojan
- knock yourself out
- do your damnedest
- give it your all
- work your fingers to the bone
- rupture yourself
verb struggleSynonyms- struggle
- trek
- slog
- trudge
- push yourself
- fight your way
- drag yourself
- footslog
noun hard workSynonyms- hard work
- industry
- labour
- effort
- pains
- application
- sweat
- graft
- slog
- exertion
- drudgery
- travail
- donkey-work
- elbow grease
- blood, sweat, and tears
Antonyms- inertia
- inactivity
- laziness
- sloth
- idleness
- torpor
- indolence
Synonyms for toilverb to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustionSynonyms- drive
- fag
- labor
- moil
- strain
- strive
- sweat
- travail
- tug
- work
verb to walk heavily, slowly, and with difficultySynonymsnoun physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhaustingSynonyms- drudgery
- labor
- moil
- travail
- work
- sweat
- fag
Synonyms for toilnoun productive work (especially physical work done for wages)SynonymsRelated Words- roping
- work
- corvee
- donkeywork
- drudgery
- plodding
- grind
- elbow grease
- exertion
- effort
- travail
- sweat
- hunting
- hunt
- hackwork
- haymaking
- manual labor
- manual labour
- overwork
- overworking
- slavery
verb work hardSynonyms- drudge
- labour
- moil
- travail
- fag
- labor
- dig
- grind
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