1. toil - Noun
2. toil - Verb
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
To weary; to overlabor.
To labor; to work; -- often with out.
Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
Source: Webster's dictionaryShe was digging away at her math homework Source: Internet
Lexicographers drudge all day long Source: Internet
his labor did not require a great deal of skill Source: Internet
Also published in Spanish and Portuguese (1944) by the British Council ) * Hills, Rev. Dr. Richard L., James Watt, Vol 1, His time in Scotland, 1736–1774 (2002); Vol 2, The years of toil, 1775–1785; Vol 3 Triumph through adversity 1785–1819. Source: Internet
"burdensome toil and sickness that brings death to men" (91–2), diseases (102) and "a myriad other pains" (100). Source: Internet
Blake wanted to stir people from their intellectual slumbers, and the daily grind of their toil, to see that they were captivated in the grip of a culture which kept them thinking in ways which served the interests of the powerful. Source: Internet