toil

🇺🇸 /tɔɪl/ 🇬🇧 /tɔɪl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
intransitive verb
R

to work very hard for a long time

Farmers toil in the fields from sunrise to sunset.

R

to move slowly with great effort

Hikers toil up the steep mountain path.

noun
R

hard work that makes you tired

After years of toil, he finally saved enough money.

translation

vi. to work very hard for a long time; to move slowly with great effort
n. hard work that makes you tired

Word Forms

3rd Present toils
Progressive toiling
Past toiled
Plural toils
Perfect toiled