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[verb] [I]England's cricketers have been toiling in the 100-degree heat over the past week.I was relaxing in the bath, having toiled away in the garden all afternoon.If you toil in a particular direction, you move there, slowly and with great effort.I was toiling up the hill with four heavy bags when he took pity on me.(literary) For the toiling masses (= people in general) these higher food prices are very bad news.