toil

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. labor, drudgery; task, work; effort, exhaustion. —v. work, drudge, moil, labor; strive. See exertion.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. labor, occupation, drudgery; see work 2 .

v.

Syn. sweat, labor, slave; see work .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

labor, work, grind, drudgery, *sweat of one's brow, exertion, struggle, pains, *elbow grease, slavery.

ANT.: ease, leisure, relaxation

II

v.

work, labor, sweat, exert, struggle, slave, *break one's back, *bust one's hump, drudge, strain, *plug away, *knock oneself out, *drive oneself into the grave.

ANT.: relax, *take it easy, rest

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, moil, strain1, strive, sweat, travail, tug, work. Idiom: break one's back (or neck). See WORK. 2. To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty: plod, slog, slop, trudge, wade. See MOVE. II noun Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, travail, work. Informal: sweat. Chiefly British: fag. Idiom: sweat of one's brow. See WORK.