toil

/tɔil/
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toil

The farmer toils in the field under the hot sun.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Hard, exhausting work: "Toil" refers to prolonged, strenuous, and often physically demanding labor or effort.
    • A difficult task: It can also denote a specific piece of work that is very arduous.

  2. Verb:

    • To work extremely hard: The primary meaning is to engage in sustained, physically or mentally demanding work.
    • To move with great effort: It can also mean to proceed slowly and with difficulty.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • Years of toil in the fields had left his hands rough and calloused.
    • The project was a real toil, but the results were worth it.

  • Verb:

    • Farmers toil from dawn until dusk during the harvest season.
    • The hikers toiled up the steep mountain path, their breath visible in the cold air.
Advanced Usage

  • "The toils of...": This phrase refers to the burdens or hardships associated with a particular situation.

    • He was finally free from the toils of his previous job.

  • "Toil and trouble": A classic phrase (famously from Shakespeare's Macbeth) emphasizing great effort and difficulty.

    • The creation of the report involved much toil and trouble.
Variants and Related Words

  • Toiler (n): A person who toils; a hard worker.

    • The factory was filled with weary toilers.

  • Toilsome (adj): Characterized by or involving toil; laborious.

    • It was a long and toilsome journey.
Synonyms
  • Labor (n/v): Work, especially hard physical work.
  • Drudgery (n): Hard, menial, or dull work.
  • Grind (n): Hard, dull, or routine work (often used figuratively).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Toil away: To work hard for a long period, often with a sense of being consumed by the work.
    • She toiled away in the laboratory for months on her research.
Related Idioms

  • Toil in vain: To work hard without achieving the desired result.

    • All his efforts to repair the old engine were toil in vain.

  • The fruit of one's toil: The rewards or results gained from hard work.

    • He enjoyed the fruit of his toil: a successful business and a comfortable life.
toil

The farmer toils in the field under the hot sun.

Noun
  1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
    • his labor did not require a great deal of skill
Verb
  1. work hard
    • She was digging away at her math homework
    • Lexicographers drudge all day long

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