toil
11toil|er — «IH luhr», noun. a person who toils; hard worker; laborer …
12toil — be·toil; en·toil; toil·er; toil·ful; toil·ful·ly; toil·some; toil·some·ly; toil·some·ness; toil; …
13toil — {{11}}toil (n.1) hard work, c.1300, turmoil, contention, dispute, from Anglo Fr. toil (13c.), from toiler agitate, stir up, entangle, from O.Fr. toeillier drag about, make dirty (12c.), usually said to be from L. tudiculare crush with a small… …
14toil — I n. hard work 1) arduous, unremitting toil 2) physical toil II v. (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over * * * [tɔɪl] unremitting toil (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over [ hard work ] arduous physical toil …
15toil — toil1 [tɔıl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: toiller, from Old French toeillier to disturb, argue , from Latin tudiculare to crush , from tudicula machine for crushing olives , from tudes hammer ] 1.)… …
16toil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ back breaking, grinding, hard (esp. BrE) ▪ ceaseless, endless, unceasing ▪ daily ▪ …
17toil — [[t]tɔ͟ɪl[/t]] toils, toiling, 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... [V n] Workers toiled long… …
18toil — I [[t]tɔɪl[/t]] n. 1) exhausting labor or effort 2) a laborious task 3) archaic battle; strife 4) to labor arduously 5) to move or travel with great effort or weariness 6) to accomplish by unremitting labor • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF toil …
19toil — toil1 toiler, n. /toyl/, n. 1. hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort. 2. a laborious task. 3. Archaic. battle; strife; struggle. v.i. 4. to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously: to toil in the fields. 5. to move or… …
20toil — toil1 [ tɔıl ] verb intransitive LITERARY 1. ) to work very hard doing something difficult and tiring, especially physical work: Farm laborers have to toil in the fields all day. 2. ) to move slowly using a lot of effort: Harry toiled up the… …
