EGAVE

toil

About 2.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
  2. noun Trouble, strife.
  3. noun A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
  4. verb To labour; work.
  5. verb To struggle.
  6. verb To work (something); often with out.
  7. verb To weary through excessive labour.

Similar words

moil travail labour drudge grind labor dig exertion drudgery work

Often followed by

and of in for to is on with that

Word family

toiled toiler toilers toilful toilfully toiling toils

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