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toil
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [V] (formal)
1 ~ (away) (at / over sth) to work very hard and/or for a long time:
Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid. * She toils tirelessly for various charities.
2 [+adv./prep.] to move slowly and with difficulty:
They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun.
toiler noun
noun [U] (formal or literary) hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired:
a life of hardship and toil
