toil
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Part of SpeechverbOrigin + EtymologyExamples
Middle English; from the Anglo-Norman French toiler "strive, dispute," toil "confusion," from the Latin tudiculare "stir about," from tudicula "machine for crushing olives," related to tundere "crush"
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Antonymsstrivesweatdrudgelabor
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Definitionidlelazerelaxrest
verbto engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously
verbA) He loved to toil, but nothing compared to the feeling of coming home after a long day in the field. B) Her mother always got onto her because she was not one to toil; she only did the bare minimum at work.