to travail
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9.0
- verb
- /trəˈveɪl/
- Literature
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trabajar duro
- We travailed a vast ocean...
Examples
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The team travails tirelessly to complete the project on time despite numerous setbacks.
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And being with child, she cried travailing in birth and was in pain to be delivered.
Academic text (2005) -
19: My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Blog text (26) -
They had to travail for many years to achieve their dreams of success.
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She travails through her studies, dedicating long hours to prepare for the final exams.
Synonyms
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3.7
To work hard for a long time at a dull or repeated task
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5.3
To work very hard for a long time
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2.7
To work hard on difficult physical tasks
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2.6
To work hard at a task for a long time
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7.0
To work hard at boring, repetitive tasks for a long time
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9.9
To work very hard, often at a physical or long job
To work very hard doing physical or unpleasant jobs for a long time
Doing hard physical work
To work very hard until you feel tired
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Travail as a verb goes back to the Latin tripalium, 'three stakes', a tool once used to cause pain, and then to Old French travailler, 'to work painfully'. That's why to travail means to work very hard or to suffer through long, difficult work.