toil

/ˈtȯi(-ə)l/

Middle English toile, from Anglo-French toyl, from toiller

noun

  1. long strenuous fatiguing labor

  2. struggle, battle

  3. laborious effort

work labor travail toil drudgery grind mean activity involving effort or exertion. work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force. labor applies to physical or intellectual work involving great and often strenuous exertion.

verb

  1. to work hard and long

  2. to proceed with laborious effort : plod

  3. overwork

noun

  1. a net to trap game

  2. something by which one is held fast or inextricably involved : snare, trap —usually used in plural