toil

(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.]

toiler toil'er n.

toil² (toil)
n.

1. Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment. Often used in the plural: caught in the toils of despair.
2. Archaic. A net for trapping game.

[French toile, cloth, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, web.]

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verb

1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, moil, strain¹, strive, sweat, travail, tug, work. Idioms: break one'sbackneck. See work/play.
2. To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty: plod, slog, slop, trudge, wade. See move/halt.

noun

Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, travail, work. Informal sweat. Chiefly British fag. Idioms: sweat of one's brow. See work/play.

n

Definition: hard work
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime

v

Definition: work hard
Antonyms: idle, laze, neglect

IN BRIEF: To work hard, to labor with slow progress.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. — Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - slide i det, arbejde hårdt
n. - slid, slæb, besvær, hårdt arbejde

2.
n. - garn, snare

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwoegen, zich voortslepen, geploeter

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - peiner
n. - labeur, travail

2.
n. - piège, rets

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - schwer arbeiten, sich schleppen
n. - harte Arbeit, Mühe, Plage

2.
n. - Fallstrick

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μόχθος, σκληρή δουλειά
v. - μοχθώ, ξεθεώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
sgobbare, lavoro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - faina (f), labuta (f), trabalho duro (m)
v. - labutar, morejar, andar com dificuldade

Русский (Russian)
тяжелый труд, трудиться, западня

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - trabajar duro, trabajar sin descanso
n. - trabajo duro, esfuerzo, fatiga

2.
n. - red, lazo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slit, släp, möda, nät, snara
v. - slita, släpa, arbeta hårt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 苦干, 费力地做, 跋涉, 辛苦, 劳累, 难事, 苦工

2. 罗网, 圈套

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 羅網, 圈套

2.
v. intr. - 苦幹, 費力地做, 跋涉
n. - 辛苦, 勞累, 難事, 苦工

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 최선을 다해 일하다, 애써 나아가다
n. - 노고, 고생, 일

2.
n. - 올가미, 함정, 법망

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 骨の折れる仕事, 獲物を捕える網, わな, 苦労, 労役
v. - 骨折って働く, 骨折って進む, 根気よく手を加える, 耕す, せっせと働く, 苦労して進む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شرك, شبكه, كدح (فعل) يكدح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עבד עבודת פרך, עבד ללא הפסקה, התייגע, התנהל בכבדות, נע בליאות‬
n. - ‮עמל, יגע, עבודת פרך‬
n. - ‮לכידה, הילכדות, שידול לביצוע פשע‬

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