toil - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'toil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Toil

[ n.]

- A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

2 . Toil

[ v.]

- Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.

3 . Toil

[ v. i.]

- To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

4 . Toil

[ v. t.]

- To weary; to overlabor.
- To labor; to work; -- often with out.

1 . toil

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

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2 . toil

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- work hard

Example in sentence:

toiled toiler toilet toilette toilful toilinette toiling toilless toilsome toise

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