What is "toil" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does toil mean in English? Meaning of toil definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "toil" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "toil": productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

Noun

  • Meaning: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  • Example: his labor did not require a great deal of skill
  • Synonyms: labor labour toil
  • Hyponyms: corvee donkeywork drudgery effort elbow grease exertion grind hackwork haymaking hunt hunting manual labor manual labour overwork overworking plodding roping slavery sweat travail
  • Hypernyms: work
  • Meaning of "toil": work hard

    Verb

  • Meaning: work hard
  • Example: She was digging away at her math homework Lexicographers drudge all day long
  • Synonyms: dig drudge fag grind labor labour moil toil travail
  • Hypernyms: do work work
  • Synonyms:

    exertion, travail, industry, labor, application, drudgery, sweat, moil, effort, occupation, pains, nine-to-five, sweat, strive, plug, slave, plod, work, drive, grind, strain, struggle, drudge, labor, moil, tug, knock oneself out, peg away, push oneself, work like a dog,

    Antonyms:

    idleness, laziness, entertainment, fun, pastime, laze, be lazy, idle, relax, rest, neglect,

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    toil in English: toil
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