Even though we have machines to do much of our hard work today, much long, hard toil must still be done by hand. Our Modern English word toil, however, comes from a Latin word for a laborsaving …

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

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

Usu., toils. a net or series of nets in which game is trapped.

toil1 /tɔɪl/ n. [uncountable] hard or exhausting work. v. [no object] to work or labor with great difficulty: to toil on the project night and day. to move with great effort: to toil up a hill. toil•er, n. [countable] …

Apr 30, 2025 · "Toil" is a word that vividly describes hard, continuous work—often strenuous and sometimes seemingly never-ending. It conjures images of laboring tirelessly through tough …

3 days ago · toil (third-person singular simple present toils, present participle toiling, simple past and past participle toiled) (intransitive) To labour; work. (intransitive) To struggle. (transitive) To work …

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 …

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 …

Although toil means "work" (in both its noun and verb forms), it usually has the added meaning of hard work, especially physical labor. If you'd lived during the Great Depression, you might have toiled on …