English dictionary
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English noun: toil | |||
| 1. | toil (act) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | ||
| Samples | His labor did not require a great deal of skill. | ||
| Synonyms | labor, labour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | corvee, donkeywork, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, exertion, grind, hackwork, haymaking, hunt, hunting, manual labor, manual labour, overwork, overworking, plodding, roping, slavery, sweat, travail | ||
English verb: toil | |||
| 1. | toil (social) work hard | ||
| Samples | She was digging away at her math homework. Lexicographers drudge all day long. | ||
| Synonyms | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, travail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
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