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   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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     Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense toils, present...

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     7 meanings: 1. to hit with heavy blows, as in boxing 2. to...

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     Nora toils away serving burgers at the local cafe. [VERB...

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     7 significati: 1. hard or exhausting work 2. → an obsolete...

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     2 meanings: 1. a transparent linen or cotton fabric 2. a...

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     New Zealand a Māori priest, the repository of traditional...

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   TOIL meaning: 1. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: 2. to work hard: 3. to move…. Learn more.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTOIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TOIL definition: 1. hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: 2. to work hard: 3. to move…. Learn more.

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   toil. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English toil1 /tɔɪl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] 1 (also toil away) to work very hard for a long period of time toil at I’ve been toiling away at this essay all weekend. 2 literary to move slowly and with great effort toil up/through/along etc They toiled slowly up the hill ...

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   Toil definition: hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.. See examples of TOIL used in a sentence.

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   Definition of toil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is toil verb?

   • Definition of toil verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive] to work very hard and/or for a long time, usually doing hard physical work Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid. She toils tirelessly for various charities. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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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.

   TOIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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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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   What does it mean when a person Toiles away?

   • When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life. [VERB] Workers toiled long hours. [VERB noun] 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.

   TOIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does it mean if a person toiles for a long time?

   • [intransitive] to work very hard and/or for a long time, usually doing hard physical work Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid. She toils tirelessly for various charities. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

   toil verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

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   What is the company's toil policy?

   • In this section, the company's TOIL policy is described. He rested from the backbreaking toil of putting in fences. Walter toiled in obscurity while his boss took the credit. Analysts then adjust the figure to account for the fact that some players must toil on lousy teams.

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   see also toils 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’.