Associations to the word «Toiling»

Wiktionary

TOIL, noun. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature
TOIL, noun. Trouble, strife
TOIL, noun. A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
TOIL, verb. (intransitive) To labour; work.
TOIL, verb. (intransitive) To struggle.
TOIL, verb. (transitive) To work (something); often with out.
TOIL, verb. (transitive) To weary through excessive labour.
TOIL, noun. (UK) (employment) Initialism of time off in lieu.
TOIL AND MOIL, verb. To work hard; to drudge; to toil, to moil

Dictionary definition

TOIL, noun. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill".
TOIL, verb. Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley