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toils

toils is the plural of toil.

toils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toil.

Meaning of toil

Noun

toil (countable and uncountable, plural toils)

  1. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
    • […] he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
  2. Trouble, strife.
  3. (plural-normally) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
    • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Georgics

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Phrases with toils

Questions about toils

What is toils the plural of?
Toils is the plural of toil.

Words near toils in the dictionary

  1. toiling and moiling
  2. toilingly
  3. toilings
  4. toilless
  5. toillessness
  6. toils
  7. toils and moils
  8. toilsom
  9. toilsome
  10. toilsomely
  11. toilsomeness

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