noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Hard work.

   "Can we perceive a person's works as the effects of miracles or as the results of blessings or as the effects of their own mortal toilings?"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of toil form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   doing arduous or unpleasant work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

drudginggrindinghardworkinglaboringlabouringlabouring

Example

More examples

"I've been toiling away in the kitchen all afternoon."

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