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moil - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'moil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Moil [ n.]
- A spot; a defilement.
2 . Moil [ v. i.]
- To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
3 . Moil [ v. t.]
- To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

Meaning of 'moil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . moil [ v]
Meaning (1):
- moisten or soil
Example in sentence:
  • Her tears moiled the letter
Meaning (2):
- work hard
Example in sentence:
  • Lexicographers drudge all day long;
  • She was digging away at her math homework
Meaning (3):
- be agitated
Example in sentence:
  • the sea was churning in the storm