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Word: Toil
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the senses ‘contend verbally’ and ‘strife’): from Anglo-Norman French toiler ‘strive, dispute’, toil ‘confusion’, from Latin tudiculare ‘stir about’, from tudicula ‘machine for crushing olives’, related to tundere ‘crush’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tɔɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
work extremely hard or incessantly
Short Definition:work extremely hard or incessantly
Examples:- we toiled away
- Richard toiled to build his editorial team
Word: Toil
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tɔɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
exhausting physical labour
Short Definition:exhausting physical labour
Examples:- a life of toil
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