toil
To labour; workTo labour; work.
» I've been toiling away in the kitchen all afternoon.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To labour; work.
schuften, sich plagen, sich quälen
труди́тьсяtrudítʹsja, вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ
труди́тисяtrudýtysja
work hard
(intransitive)To struggle.
(transitive)To work (something); often with out.
(transitive)To weary through excessive labour.
Examples
24 sentencesI've been toiling away in the kitchen all afternoon.
The employees share the burden of toil.
All the trainees share the burden of toil.
For toil alone the gods sell all good things.
They've been toiling for fifteen hours without a break.
deSie schuften 15 Stunden ohne Unterbrechung. — manese
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English toilen, toylen, apparently a conflation of Anglo-Norman toiller (“to aFrom Middle English toilen, toylen, apparently a conflation of Anglo-Norman toiller (“to agitate, stir up, entangle”) (compare Old Northern French tooillier, tooullier (“to agitate, stir”); of unknown origin), and Middle English tilyen, telien, teolien, tolen, tolien, tulien (“to till, work, labour”), from Old English tilian, telian, teolian, tiolian (“to exert oneself, toil, work, make, generate, strive after, try, endeavor, procure, obtain, gain, provide, tend, cherish, cultivate, till, plough, trade, traffic, aim at, aspire to, treat, cure”) (compare Middle Dutch tuylen, teulen (“to till, work, labour”)), from Proto-Germanic *tilōną (“to strive, reach for, aim for, hurry”). Cognate with Scots tulyie (“to quarrel, flite, contend”).
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Forms
toils, toiling, toiled, toiledSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle