Toil

n.	1.	A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; - usually in the plural. As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. - Denham. Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Toiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.]
v. t.	1.	To weary; to overlabor.
	2.	To labor; to work; - often with out. Places well toiled and husbanded. - Holland. [I] toiled out my uncouth passage. - Milton.
n.	1.	Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body. My task of servile toil. - Milton. After such bloody toil, we bid good night. - Shak. You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose. - Southern. How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play. - Goldsmith.

Noun	1.	toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" Synonyms: labor, labour
Verb	1.	toil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms: drudge, labour, moil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grind

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