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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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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.
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)
Toil definition: hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.. See examples of TOIL used in a sentence.
/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.
1. hard or exhausting work. 2. an obsolete word for strife. verb. 3. (intransitive) to labour. 4. (intransitive) to progress with slow painful movements. to toil up a hill.
noun [ U ] us / tɔɪl / uk / 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. labor (WORK) US. work (ACTIVITY) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
