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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.

Meaning of 'toil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . toil [ n]
Meaning (1):
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Example in sentence:
  • his labor did not require a great deal of skill
2 . toil [ v]
Meaning (2):
- work hard
Example in sentence:
  • Lexicographers drudge all day long;
  • She was digging away at her math homework