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Origin and Etymology of toil
Middle English toile, from Anglo-French toyl, from toiller
Synonym Discussion of toil
work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind mean activity involving effort or exertion. work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force.
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- too tired to do any work
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- farmers demanding fair compensation for their labor
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- years of travail were lost when the house burned
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- his lot would be years of back-breaking toil
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- an editorial job with a good deal of drudgery
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- the grind of the assembly line
Definition of toil
Examples of toil in a Sentence
workers toiling in the fields
They were toiling up a steep hill.
Origin and Etymology of toil
Middle English, to argue, struggle, from Anglo-French toiller to make dirty, fight, wrangle, from Latin tudiculare to crush, grind, from tudicula machine for crushing olives, diminutive of tudes hammer; akin to Latin tundere to beat — more at contusion
toil Synonyms
Synonyms
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, labor, travail, tug, workRelated Words
apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in; attack, drive; essay, try; exercise, exert, overexert, overwork; eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch; trudge, wadeNear Antonyms
break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifleOrigin and Etymology of toil
TOIL Defined for English Language Learners
toil
verb
Definition of toil for English Language Learners
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: to work very hard for a long time
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: to move slowly and with a lot of effort
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