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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: toil (0.00862 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to toil.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: toil kerja keras
English → English (WordNet) Definition: toil toil n : productive work (especially physical work done for wages); “his labor did not require a great deal of skill” [syn: labor, labour] toil v : work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long” [syn: labor, labour, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Toil Toil \Toil\, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Toilet.] A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster] As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. --Denham. [1913 Webster] Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.] 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. [1913 Webster] Toil \Toil\, v. t. 1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] “Toiled with works of war.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.] [1913 Webster] Places well toiled and husbanded. --Holland. [1913 Webster] [I] toiled out my uncouth passage. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Toil \Toil\, n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil, v.] Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body. [1913 Webster] My task of servile toil. --Milton. [1913 Webster] After such bloody toil, we bid good night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like. [1913 Webster] Syn: Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail. Usage: Toil, Labor, Drudgery. Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity. [1913 Webster] You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose. --Southern. [1913 Webster] How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

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