'Toil' definitions:
Definition of 'toil'
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Definition of 'Toil'
From: GCIDE
- Toil \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. --Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Toil'
From: GCIDE
- Toil \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 toil, we bid good night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail.
- Usage: Toil, Labor, Drudgery. Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity. [1913 Webster]
- You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose. --Southern. [1913 Webster]
- How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Toil'
From: GCIDE
- Toil \Toil\, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Toilet.] A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Toil'
From: GCIDE
- Toil \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 the same root as E. tug.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'toil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bait,
- be employed,
- birdlime,
- bola,
- burden,
- carry on business,
- cobweb,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- dig,
- dirty work,
- do business,
- donkeywork,
- dragnet,
- drive,
- drudge,
- drudgery,
- embarrass,
- employment,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fag,
- fatigue,
- fetter,
- fishhook,
- fly,
- follow a trade,
- gill net,
- grind,
- ground bait,
- grub,
- hammer,
- hammer away,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- handiwork,
- handwork,
- have a job,
- hobble,
- hook,
- impede,
- industry,
- involve,
- jig,
- keep up,
- labor,
- lame,
- lariat,
- lasso,
- lick,
- lick of work,
- lime,
- lumber,
- lure,
- manual labor,
- meshes,
- moil,
- moonlight,
- muck,
- net,
- noose,
- peg,
- peg away,
- plod,
- plug,
- plug along,
- plug away,
- pound away,
- pound net,
- practice a profession,
- press down,
- purse seine,
- rat race,
- saddle with,
- scut work,
- seine,
- set up shop,
- shackle,
- slave,
- slavery,
- slog,
- slogging,
- slop,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spadework,
- spinner,
- springe,
- squid,
- stay employed,
- stodge,
- strain,
- strive,
- stroke,
- stroke of work,
- sweat,
- tangle,
- task,
- tiresome work,
- toils,
- trammel,
- transact business,
- trash,
- travail,
- trawl,
- treadmill,
- trudge,
- tug,
- wade through,
- weigh down,
- wobbler,
- work,
- work at,
- work away,
- work for