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toil¹ (toil)

intr.v. toiled, toil·ing, toils

1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.

2. To proceed with difficulty: toiling over the mountains.

1. Exhausting labor or effort: "A bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is . . . the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil" (George Sand). See Synonyms at work.

2. Archaic Strife; contention.

[Middle English toilen, from Anglo-Norman toiler, to stir about, from Latin tudiculre, from tudicula, a machine for bruising olives, diminutive of tudes, hammer.]

toiler n.

toil² (toil)

1. Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment. Often used in the plural: caught in the toils of despair.

2. Archaic A net for trapping game.

[French toile, cloth, from Old French teile, from Latin tla, web; see teks- in Indo-European roots.]

toil¹

1. hard or exhausting work

2. an obsolete word for strife

1. (intr) to labour

2. (intr) to progress with slow painful movements to toil up a hill

3. (tr) Archaic to achieve by toil

[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]

toiler n

toil²

1. (often plural) a net or snare the toils of fortune had ensnared him

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Archaic a trap for wild beasts

[from Old French toile, from Latin tēla loom]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" labor, labour 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
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, grind 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"

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

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

Translations

toil [tɔɪl] (liter)

A. N → trabajo m, esfuerzo m
after months of toil → después de meses de trabajo(agotador)

B. VI

1. (= work hard) → trabajar duro
to toil away at sth → darle duro a algo
to toil to do sth → esforzarse or afanarse por hacer algo
they toiled on into the night → siguieron trabajando hasta muy entrada la noche

2. (= move with difficulty) to toil along → caminar con dificultad, avanzar penosamente
to toil up a hill → subir trabajosamente una cuesta
the engine is beginning to toil → el motor empieza a funcionar con dificultad

toil [ˈtɔɪl]

n → dur travail m, labeur m

vi → peiner

toil

(liter: = work) → sich plagen, sich abmühen (at, over mit)

(= move with effort) → sich schleppen; to toil up a hill → sich einen Berg hinaufschleppen

n (liter: = work) → Mühe f, → Plage f (geh); after months of toil → nach monatelanger Mühe or Plage

toil [tɔɪl]

1. n → duro lavoro, fatica

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

toil [tɔɪl]

1. n → duro lavoro, fatica

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

toil

v toil [toil]

1 to work hard and long He toiled all day in the fields. hard werk يَكْدَح трудя се dřít se slide sich abmühen μοχθώ trabajar duro rügama سخت کار کردن uurastaa travailler dur לַעֲמוֹל परिश्रम कर mučiti se, teško raditi gürizik bekerja keras strita faticare, sgobbare 骨折る 힘써 일하다 darbuotis, triūsti pūlēties; smagi strādāt bekerja keras zwoegen streve, slite trudzić się labutar a trudi усиленно трудиться drieť sa garati naporno raditi slita, knoga ทำงานหนัก çok çalışmak, çırpınmak 苦幹 посилено трудитися, працювати без перепочинку سخت محنت کرنا cần cù làm việc 苦干

2 to move with great difficulty He toiled along the road with all his luggage. moeite hê, met moeite dra يَجُرُّ خُطاه، يَمْشي بِصُعوبَه вървя с мъка vléci se ase sich quälen κινούμαι με δυσκολία moverse con trabajo, caminar con dificultad nihkuma, komberdama با سختی پیش رفتن puskea avancer avec peine לָנוַּע בְּמַאֲמָץ बड़ी मुश्किल से बागे बढ़ना mučno napredovati erőlködik bersusah payah dragnast áfram procedere (faticosamente) 骨折って進む 힘들게 걷다 plūktis smagi virzīties; vilkties merengkeh moeizaam vooruitkomen slite/slepe seg fram wlec się arrastar-se a se târî тащиться vliecť sa z muko napredovati napredovati s mukom släpa sig fram ก้าวหน้าช้า zorla ilerlemek 艱苦跋涉 ледь іти, плентатися مشکل سے چلنا di chuyển khó khăn 艰苦跋涉

hard work He slept well after his hours of toil. harde werk عَمَل شاق، كَدْح тежка работа dřina hårdt arbejde die Plackerei μόχθος trabajo duro rügamine کار طاقت فرسا uurastus (dur) travail עָמָל परिश्रम težak rad, trud güri(zés) kerja keras strit fatica 骨折り仕事 수고, 고역 (sunkus) darbas, triūsas smags darbs kerja keras hard werk slit, strev harówka labuta trudă тяжёлый труд drina garanje težak rad slit, knog งานตรากตรำ çok çalışma, didinme 辛苦工作 важка праця محنت công việc vất vả 辛苦工作

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