toil

(toil)

1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.
2. To proceed with difficulty: toiling over the mountains.

1. Exhausting labor or effort: “A bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is . . . the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil” (George Sand). See Synonyms at work.
2. Archaic Strife; contention.

Related Forms:

• toilˈer noun

(toil)

1. Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment. Often used in the plural: caught in the toils of despair.
2. Archaic A net for trapping game.