toil n : productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: labor, labour] v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Noun

1. labour, work
2. trouble, strife

Translations

• ttbc Spanish: esfuerzo

Verb

1. to labour, to work
2. to struggle

See also

• toil and moil

Basque

Noun

toil

1. conger eel

Irish

Noun

toil

1. will

Declension

Derived terms

• le do thoil
• más é do thoil é

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

toil

1. will, desire, volition, inclination
2. delight, pleasure

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