toil

Speech parts

1. toil - Noun

2. toil - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

travail labor drudge work labour dig grind exertion fag drudgery moil wade bullock beaver grindstone
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Antonyms

chill out duck wag while game play
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Hypernyms

work do work

Hyponyms

travail effort hunting slavery hunt sweat

Phrases with the word

constant toil mental toil toil away toil on doomed toil incessant toil

Derivatives

toiled toiling

Anagrams

loti ilot

Examples

She 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

Close letter words and terms

TOI toi, toi, toi Toia toil and moil toil away toil on