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• toil — toil1 [tɔıl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: toiller, from Old French toeillier to disturb, argue , from Latin tudiculare to crush , from tudicula machine for crushing olives , from tudes hammer ] 1.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• toil — v. & n. v.intr. 1 work laboriously or incessantly. 2 make slow painful progress (toiled along the path). n. prolonged or intensive labour; drudgery. Phrases and idioms: toil worn worn or worn out by toil. Derivatives: toiler n. Etymology: ME f.… …   Useful english dictionary

• toil — Synonyms and related words: bait, be employed, birdlime, bola, burden, carry on business, cobweb, cramp, cripple, cumber, dig, dirty work, do business, donkeywork, dragnet, drive, drudge, drudgery, embarrass, employment, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl …   Moby Thesaurus

• toil — I n 1. labor, travail, sweat of one s brow, Inf. elbow grease; moil, drudgery, grind, menial work; hard work, hard labor, slavery; exertion, effort, strain, struggle, laboriousness, plodding, Inf. plugging, pegging; industry, industriousness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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