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toil ¹  (toil)

intr.v. toiled, toil·ing, toils

1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.

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

n.

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.

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

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toiler n.

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toil

Noun

hard or exhausting work: hours of toil beneath the Catalan sun

Verb

1. to work hard: workers toiling in the fields to produce tea for westerners to drink

2. to move slowly and with difficulty, for instance because of exhaustion or the steepness of a slope: Joanna toiled up the steps to the church [Anglo-French toiler to struggle]

Thesaurus

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"

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toil

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) << OPPOSITE idleness

verb 2. 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)

verb 3. struggle, trek, slog, trudge, push yourself, fight your way, drag yourself, footslog

Translations

toil [tɔɪl] n → trabajo duro, labor f

vi → esforzarse

toil [tɔɪl] n → dur travail, labeur m

vi → travailler dur; peiner

toil [tɔɪl] n → Mühe f

vi → sich abmühen

toil [tɔɪl] n → travaglio, fatica

vi → affannarsi; sgobbare

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toil

v toil [toil]

1 to work hard and long He toiled all day in the fields.hard werkيَكْدَحтрудя сеdřít seslidesich abmühenμοχθώtrabajar durorügamaسخت کار کردنraataatravailler durלַעֲמוֹלपरिश्रम करmučiti se, teško raditigürizikbekerja kerasstritafaticare, sgobbare骨折る애써 일하다darbuotis, triūstipūlēties; smagi strādātbekerja keraszwoegenstreve, slitetrudzić sięlabutara trudiусиленно трудитьсяdrieť sagaratinaporno raditislita, knogaทำงานหนักçok çalışmak, çırpınmak苦幹посилено трудитися, працювати без перепочинкуسخت محنت کرناcần cù làm việc苦干

2 to move with great difficulty He toiled along the road with all his luggage.moeite hê, met moeite draيَجُرُّ خُطاه، يَمْشي بِصُعوبَهвървя с мъкаvléci seasesich quälenκινούμαι με δυσκολίαmoverse con trabajo, caminar con dificultadnihkuma, komberdamaبا سختی پیش رفتنraahustaaavancer avec peineלָנוַּע בְּמַאֲמָץबड़ी मुश्किल से बागे बढ़नाmučno napredovatierőlködikbersusah payahdragnast áframprocedere (faticosamente)骨折って進む고생하며 걷다plūktissmagi virzīties; vilktiesmerengkehmoeizaam vooruitkomenslite/slepe seg framwlec sięarrastar-sea se târîтащитьсяvliecť saz muko napredovatinapredovati s mukomsläpa sig framก้าวหน้าช้าzorla ilerlemek艱苦跋涉ледь іти, плентатисяمشکل سے چلناdi chuyển khó khăn艰苦跋涉

n

hard work He slept well after his hours of toil.harde werkعَمَل شاق، كَدْحтежка работаdřinahårdt arbejdedie Plackereiμόχθοςtrabajo durorügamineکار طاقت فرساraadanta(dur) travailעָמָלपरिश्रमtežak rad, trudgüri(zés)kerja kerasstritfatica骨折り仕事노역, 노고(sunkus) darbas, triūsassmags darbskerja kerashard werkslit, strevharówkalabutatrudăтяжёлый трудdrinagaranjetežak radslit, knogงานตรากตรำçok çalışma, didinme辛苦工作важка працяمحنتcông việc vất vả辛苦工作