Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
toiled - 2 dictionary results
Plumbing
Fast & Affordable Plumbing In Santa Monica. Call For Same-Day Service
MrRooterSantaMonica.net
Ameriserve Repiping Inc.
Clean Experienced Repipe Specialist Enjoy Great Water Pressure/No leaks
www.ameriserverepipe.com
Red Lilly Plumbing
Plumbing Call Us For Free & Quick Estimates.
www.redlillyplumbing.com

toil

1  [toil] ,
Use toiled in a Sentence
–noun
1. hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
2. a laborious task.
3. Archaic. battle; strife; struggle.
–verb (used without object)
4. to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously: to toil in the fields.
5. to move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain.
–verb (used with object)
6. to accomplish or produce by toil.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME toile (n.), toilen (v.) < AF toil contention, toiler to contend < L tudiculāre to stir up, beat, v. deriv. of tudicula machine for crushing olives, equiv. to tudi- (s. of tundere to beat) + -cula -cule 2

Related forms:
toiler, noun

Synonyms:
1. exertion, travail, pains. See work. 4. strive, moil.

Antonyms:
1. indolence, sloth.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To toiled
Plumbing
Fast & Affordable Plumbing In Santa Monica. Call For Same-Day Service
MrRooterSantaMonica.net
Ameriserve Repiping Inc.
Clean Experienced Repipe Specialist Enjoy Great Water Pressure/No leaks
www.ameriserverepipe.com
toil 1   (toil)   
intr.v.   toiled, toil·ing, toils
  1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.
  2. To proceed with difficulty: toiling over the mountains.
n.  
  1. Exhausting labor or effort: "A bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is . . . the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil" (George Sand). See Synonyms at work.
  2. Archaic Strife; contention.

[Middle English toilen, from Anglo-Norman toiler, to stir about, from Latin tudiculāre, from tudicula, a machine for bruising olives, diminutive of tudes, hammer.]
toil'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see toiled on Thesaurus | Reference
Red Lilly Plumbing
Plumbing Call Us For Free & Quick Estimates.
www.redlillyplumbing.com
A&B Plumbing, Heat, Elec.
"At Your Door Today" Guarantee! 72 years. Service, Repair & Install
absince1937.com
Plumbing
Receive 10% Off Plumbing Repairs and Installations in Mocksville NC.
ThePlumbingWorksNC.com