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   toil

   /tɔɪl/

   verb

   • 1. work extremely hard or incessantly: "we toiled away" Similar work hardlabourwork one's fingers to the bonework like a Trojanwork like a dogwork day and nightexert oneselfkeep at itkeep one's nose to the grindstonegrind awayslave awaygrub awayplough awayplod awayinformal:slog awaypeg awaybeaver awayplug awayput one's back into somethingwork one's guts outwork one's socks offknock oneself outsweat bloodkill oneselfgraft awayfagbullockvulgar slang:work one's balls/arse/nuts offwork one's ass/butt offarchaic:drudgetravailmoilOpposite restrelaxlaze
   • ▪ move slowly and with difficulty: "she began to toil up the cliff path" Similar strugglemove with difficultylabourtrudgetramptraipseslogplodtrekfootslogsweatdrag oneselffight (one's way)pushinformal:trogyompschlep

   noun

   • 1. exhausting physical labour: "a life of toil"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘contend verbally’ and ‘strife’): from Anglo-Norman French toiler ‘strive, dispute’, toil ‘confusion’, from Latin tudiculare ‘stir about’, from tudicula ‘machine for crushing olives’, related to tundere ‘crush’.

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   • 1. toiler noun

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   What is the difference between work and toil?

   • According to this quote, work is considered to be the same as toil, which is done only to earn a living. If work gives pleasure, it is leisure. Toil is man's allotment, whether it is toil of the brain or toil of the hands, or a grief that's more than either - the grief and sin of idleness. A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

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   What does toil mean?

   • The meaning of TOIL is long strenuous fatiguing labor. How to use toil in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Toil.

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   What does toil and Labour mean?

   • With toil and labour I've reached a very fair height of refinement. When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. 7 meanings: 1. hard or exhausting work 2. → an obsolete word for strife 3. to labour 4. to progress with slow painful movements.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is Toil and how does it function?

   • Toil is a scalable, efficient, cross-platform (Linux & macOS) pipeline management system written entirely in Python and designed around the principles of functional programming. It is designed to manage pipelines; for more information and features, visit the Toil website. The latest stable release documentation can be found at Read the Docs.

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   What does toil up a mountain mean?

   • To toil up a mountain. (intransitive) To struggle. To weary through excessive labour. Contention; struggle; strife. Hard, exhausting work or effort; tiring labor. A task performed by such effort. Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment. Caught in the toils of despair. A net for trapping.

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   What does toil away mean?

   • Toil away means the same as toil. She has toiled away at the violin for years. [V P + at/on] Nora toils away serving burgers at the local cafe. [VERB PARTICLE] If you toil somewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired. Arnold had his head down, gasping as he toiled up the hill. [VERB preposition/adverb]

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   Toil is a verb that means to work hard and continuously, or a noun that means hard work or effort. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and examples of toil from various sources.

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