Definition

1. Verb:
   • To work hard, toil, or labor strenuously: To engage in difficult, exhausting, or tedious work.
   • To be agitated or churn: To be in a state of turmoil or confused motion.
   • To moisten or soil by wetting or smearing: To make something wet and dirty.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (to work hard):
  • The farmers moil in the fields from dawn till dusk.
  • He moiled for years to finish his research.
• Verb (to be agitated):
  • The water in the cauldron began to moil as it heated.
  • A sense of dread moiled in his stomach.
• Verb (to moisten/soil):
  • The spilled ink moiled the important document.
  • Her hands were moiled with grease from the engine.

Advanced Usage

• "To moil over": To labor over or be deeply engrossed in a difficult task (less common).
  • He moiled over the ancient manuscript, trying to decipher its meaning.

Variants and Related Words

• Moiler (noun): A person who works hard; a toiler.
  • The moilers of the industrial age faced harsh conditions.
• Moiling (adjective/participle): Characterized by hard work or agitation.
  • The moiling crowd pushed towards the gates.

Synonyms

• Toil: To work extremely hard.
• Labor: To work, especially physically.
• Churn: To move about vigorously or violently.
• Drudge: To do hard, menial, or dull work.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• "To moil and toil": An alliterative phrase emphasizing continuous, hard work.
  • For generations, the family has moiled and toiled on this land.

Verb

1. moisten or soil
   • Her tears moiled the letter
2. be agitated
   • the sea was churning in the storm
3. work hard
   • She was digging away at her math homework
   • Lexicographers drudge all day long