toil
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5.8
- noun
- /tɔɪl/
- His life was filled with toil as he worked two jobs to support his family.
- toil and sweat
- long toil
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Watch on YouTubeThe sweat and toil and blood of Ash.
- The sweat and toil and blood of Ash.
- And inspired guests can be far more valuable than years of toil.
- Yeah, I, I just can't imagine the toil and the toll that that would have taken.
- Sometimes there's jobs because we are mean or because we didn't know better or we couldn't do better, better only toil, drudgery, bullshit.
Examples
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"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat," he said.
Fiction book (2002) -
I believe that for the Senufo, toil is both an attribute and a sign of work in the fields.
Academic text (1993) -
All who shared the toil will share this gold!
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Not as much war, not as much toil and sweat.
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During the rainy season, toil in the fields took central place.
Academic text (2004) -
Education provided an opportunity to distance oneself from the everyday toil of work life.
Academic text (1995) -
His face was worn from long years of toil; his clothing was ragged.
Academic text (1993) -
Most humans throughout modern history have aspired to a life with more leisure and less toil.
Academic text (2018) -
We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead.
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Now they were homeward bound and they were leaving the hardship and toil of Alaska to live in the land of milk and honey.
Synonyms
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1.0
Effort people use to do a job or task
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1.4
Work done using physical effort, often a hard task
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1.6
A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toil comes from an old word meaning 'to pull' or 'struggle', so imagine someone hauling a heavy load. That's why toil means long, hard work.