noun / verb
toil
TOYL/tɔɪl/
Hard, sustained work.
The man toils from morning until dusk, gradually lengthening the trench.
Etymology
The ancestor meant “pull or drag about,” and English toil first meant “pull at, tug.” That concrete exertion broadened into struggling or laboring for a considerable time.
In context
Tony Martin just a farmer toil the land prune trees in the Autumn wait for the spring to come
More examples
- Months of toil finally pay off when the house is finished.
- She toils over the accounts long after everyone else leaves.
- They toiled for weeks to clear the overgrown garden.
Forms
toil · toils · toiled · toiling
toiler noun — A person who does hard, sustained work.
Similar words
- labor
- Emphasizes effort without necessarily suggesting prolonged struggle or exhaustion.
- drudgery
- Emphasizes dull, repetitive work rather than sheer exertion.