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toil
/tɔɪl/
verb
verb: toil; 3rd person present: toils; past
tense: toiled; past participle: toiled; gerund
or present participle: toiling

work extremely hard or incessantly.

"we toiled away"

Similar: work hard labour

move slowly and with difficulty.

"she began to toil up the cliff path"

Similar: struggle

noun
noun: toil; plural noun: toils

exhausting physical labour.

"a life of toil"

Similar: hard work toiling

Origin
Middle English (in the senses ‘contend
verbally’ and ‘strife’): from Anglo-Norman
French toiler ‘strive, dispute’, toil ‘confusion’,
from Latin tudiculare ‘stir about’, from
tudicula ‘machine for crushing olives’, related
to tundere ‘crush’.

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Cambridge Dictionary
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TOIL | English meaning -

Cambridge Dictionary
to move in a particular direction, slowly and
with great effort: I was toiling up the hill with
four heavy bags when he took pity on me.

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Toil De!nition & Meaning

Sep 21, 2023 — 1 of 3. noun (1) · ˈtȯi(-ə)l ·
Synonyms of toil. 1. : long strenuous fatiguing
labor. 2. archaic. a. : struggle, battle. b. :…
laborious effort.

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TOIL | Cambridge İngilizce

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Sep 20, 2023 — toil anlam, tanım, toil nedir:
1. hard work, especially work that makes you
feel physically tired: 2. to work hard: 3. to…
move…

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toil - Turkish English Dictionary

English Turkish online dictionary Tureng,
translate words and terms with different
pronunciation options. toil zahmet toil and…
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Toil De!nition & Meaning

to engage in hard and continuous work; labor
arduously: to toil in the fields. to move or
travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain. ver…
(used with object).

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Toil de!nition and meaning |

Collins English Dictionary
1. to work hard and continuously; labor · 2. to
proceed laboriously; advance or move with
painful effort or difficulty. to toil up a…
mountain. verb transitive · 3 ...

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Toil - De!nition, Meaning &

Synonyms
Toil is another word for work. You toil as a
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Wikipedia
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toil
(intransitive) To labour; work. · (intransitive) To
struggle. · (transitive) To work (something);
often with out. quotations ▽ · (transitive) To…
weary through ...

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What is toil
People who toiled in dim, dank factories were
too exhausted to enjoy their family life
Workers toiled long hours. Toil away means…
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