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toiled

toiled is the simple past and past participle of toil.

Meaning of toil

Verb

toil (third-person singular simple present toils, present participle toiling, simple past and past participle toiled)

  1. (intransitive) To labour; work.
    Synonyms:
    travail
  2. (intransitive) To struggle.
  3. (transitive) To work (something); often with out.
    • places well toiled and husbanded1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
  4. (transitive) To weary through excessive labour.
    • toiled with works of war1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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What is toiled the simple past and past participle of?
Toiled is the simple past and past participle of toil.

Words near toiled in the dictionary

  1. toikey
  2. toil
  3. toil and moil
  4. toil'd
  5. toile
  6. toiled
  7. toiled and moiled
  8. toilegami
  9. toiler
  10. toilers
  11. toiles

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