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toil

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[ toil ]

noun

  1. hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. a laborious task.
  3. Archaic. battle; strife; struggle.


verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously:

    to toil in the fields.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain.

verb (used with object)

  1. to accomplish or produce by toil.

toil

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[ toil ]

noun

  1. Usually toils.
    1. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
    2. trap; snare:

      to be caught in the toils of a gigantic criminal conspiracy.

  2. Archaic. any snare or trap for wild beasts.

toil

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/ ³Ùɔɪ±ô /

noun

  1. hard or exhausting work
  2. an obsolete word for strife
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to labour
  2. intr to progress with slow painful movements

    to toil up a hill

  3. archaic.
    tr to achieve by toil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

toil

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/ ³Ùɔɪ±ô /

noun

  1. often plural a net or snare

    the toils of fortune had ensnared him

  2. archaic.
    a trap for wild beasts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù´Ç¾±±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù´Ç¾±±ôİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù´Ç¾±±ôi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toil1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun toil(e) “violent conflict, battle,†from Anglo-French toil(e), toyl “contention,†from Old French toeil, tooil “confusion, contention, battle,†ultimately from Latin ³Ù³Ü»å¾±³¦³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð “to stir up, beat,†verbal derivative of tudicula “machine for crushing olives,†equivalent to tudi- (stem of tundere “to strike, beatâ€) + -cula -cule 2

Origin of toil2

Fifst recorded in 1520–30; from French toile, from Latin ³Ùŧ±ô²¹ “w±ð²úâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toil1

C13: from Anglo-French toiler to struggle, from Old French toeillier to confuse, from Latin ³Ù³Ü»å¾±³¦³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to stir, from tudicula machine for bruising olives, from tudes a hammer, from tundere to beat

Origin of toil2

C16: from Old French toile, from Latin ³Ùŧ±ô²¹ loom
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They had toiled for long hours as the two fires razed entire communities, burning homes, cars, businesses, and a still unknown list of chemicals and metals.

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Swiatek recently spoke out about the emotional toil she has faced in recent months, having served a one-month ban for a doping offence and not wanting to "step on the court".

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Many will toil on projects for years with minimal payout.

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"She wasn't the person toiling away with pattern-making back in the atelier, but she really did prove herself, and more credit to her."

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These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.

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