Thesaurus: toil

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1. n. A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
2. v. i. To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
3. v. t. To weary; to overlabor.
4. v. t. To labor; to work; -- often with out.
5. v. Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
6. n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
7. v. work hard
8. A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for takingprey; -- usually in the plural.As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holdshim. Denham.Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden.
9. n:30/v:70 n productive work (especially physical work done for wages) v work hard