toil

//tɔɪl//
B2Frequency Level 12Literary
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Verb

toilInfinitive
toilPresent tense
toiledPast tense
toiledPast participle
toilingPresent participle
toilsThird-person singular
1

To work extremely hard or laboriously for a prolonged period.

She toiled in the fields from dawn until dusk.

2

To move slowly and with difficulty.

We toiled up the steep mountain path.

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Noun

1

Exhausting physical labor or effort.

After years of toil in the fields, his hands were rough and calloused.

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