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toiling

toiling is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

toiling (plural toilings)

  1. Hard work.
    • Can we perceive a person's works as the effects of miracles or as the results of blessings or as the effects of their own mortal toilings?2001, Bonnie Gulan, The Great Bible Dig: Excavation of the Scriptures, page 367

Forms of toiling

pluraltoilings

Phrases with toiling

Questions about toiling

What does toiling mean?
Toiling means hard work.
What is toiling the present participle and gerund of?
Toiling is the present participle and gerund of toil.
What part of speech is toiling?
Toiling is a noun.
What is the plural of toiling?
The plural of toiling is toilings.

Words near toiling in the dictionary

  1. toilfulness
  2. toilinet
  3. toilinets
  4. toilinette
  5. toilinettes
  6. toiling
  7. toiling and moiling
  8. toilingly
  9. toilings
  10. toilless
  11. toillessness

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