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  • 1Toil — Toil, n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See {Toil}, v.] Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body. [1913 Webster] My task of servile toil. Milton. [1913 Webster] After such bloody… …

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  • 2toil — toil1 [toil] vi. [ME toilen < Anglo Fr toiler, to strive, dispute < OFr toeillier, to pull about, begrime < L tudiculare, to stir about < tudicula, small machine for bruising olives < tudes, mallet < base of tundere, to beat… …

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  • 3Toil — Toil, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toiling}.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. {Towel}); or perhaps ultimately from… …

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  • 4Toil — Toil, v. t. 1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] Toiled with works of war. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor; to work; often with out. [R.] [1913 Webster] Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland. [1913 Webster] [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.… …

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  • 5toil — ► VERB 1) work extremely hard or incessantly. 2) move somewhere slowly and with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ exhausting work. DERIVATIVES toiler noun. ORIGIN Old French toiler strive, dispute , from Latin tudiculare stir about …

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  • 6toil — {{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… …

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  • 7toil — 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.)… …

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  • 8toil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ back breaking, grinding, hard (esp. BrE) ▪ ceaseless, endless, unceasing ▪ daily ▪ …

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  • 9toil — [[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… …

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  • 10toil — 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 …

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