Toil (Verb)
Meaning
Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- Farmers toil from dawn till dusk to harvest their crops on time.
- The architect toiled for years to perfect the design for the new skyscraper.
- After graduating, she toiled as a waitress while searching for a job in her field.
- He toils every day to write his first novel, hoping to get it published someday.
- The engineer toiled through the night to meet the project deadline.