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TOILING definition: 1. present participle of toil 2. to work hard: 3. to move in a particular direction, slowly and…. Learn more.
1. : long strenuous fatiguing labor. 2. archaic. : struggle, battle. b. : laborious effort. toilful. ˈtȯi (-ə)l-fəl. adjective. toilfully. ˈtȯi (-ə)l-fə-lē. adverb. toil. 2 of 3. verb. toiled; toiling; toils. intransitive verb. 1. : to work hard and long.
hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired: Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil. humorous Well, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little. Synonyms. labour UK. work (ACTIVITY) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Work, working and the workplace. act as something.
1. To labor continuously; work strenuously. 2. To proceed with difficulty: "The old woman ... proceeded to toil up the narrow staircase before us" (James Joyce). n. 1. Exhausting labor or effort. See Synonyms at work. 2. Archaic Strife; contention.
noun. hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort. Synonyms: travail, exertion, pains. Antonyms: sloth, indolence. a laborious task. Archaic. battle; strife; struggle. verb (used without object) to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously: to toil in the fields. Synonyms: moil, strive.
Definitions of toiling. adjective. doing arduous or unpleasant work. “ toiling coal miners in the black deeps”. synonyms: drudging, laboring, labouring. busy. actively or fully engaged or occupied.
Definition of toil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
