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- Dictionarytoils/tɔɪlz/
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- 1. used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap: literary "Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness"
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Meaning of toil in English. toil. noun [ U ] uk / tɔɪl / us / tɔɪl / Add to word list. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil. humorous Well, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little. Synonyms. labour UK. work (ACTIVITY)
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. too tired to do any work. labor applies to physical or intellectual work involving great and often strenuous exertion.
Toil definition: hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.. See examples of TOIL used in a sentence.
Meaning of toil in English. toil. noun [ U ] us/tɔɪl/uk/tɔɪl/. Add to word listAdd to word list. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil. humorousWell, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little. Synonyms.
Definition of 'toil' Word Frequency. toil. (tɔɪl ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense toils , present participle toiling , past tense, past participle toiled. 1. verb. When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. [literary] People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life.
n. 1. hard or exhausting work. 2. an obsolete word for strife. vb. 3. ( intr) to labour. 4. ( intr) to progress with slow painful movements: to toil up a hill. 5. ( tr) archaic to achieve by toil.
/tɔɪl/ IPA guide. Other forms: toiled; toils; toiling. Toil is another word for work. You toil as a customer service rep all day, but you'd prefer to work as a rock goddess. Unfortunately, there weren't many ads in the employment section for goddesses — rock or otherwise.
Definition of toil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
toil meaning, definition, what is toil: to work very hard for a long period of t...: Learn more.
Definition of toil – Learner’s Dictionary. toil. verb [ I ] literaryuk/tɔɪl/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. to do difficult work for a long time. toil. noun [ U ] literary. (Definition of toil from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of toil. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指體力上的）苦工, 努力工作, 苦幹，努力工作…
