TOIL


Meaning of TOIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɔɪl ]

v. & n. --v.intr. 1 work laboriously or incessantly. 2 make slow painful progress (toiled along the path). --n. prolonged or intensive labour; drudgery. øtoil-worn worn or worn out by toil. øøtoiler n. [ME f. AF toiler (v.), toil (n.), dispute, OF tooilier, tooil, f. L tudiculare stir about f. tudicula machine for bruising olives, rel. to tundere beat]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.