palavra de hoje

Definition

toil
noun [U]
hard work, especially that which is physically tiring:
Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil.
HUMOROUS Well, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little.

toil
verb [I]
1 to work hard:
England's cricketers have been toiling in the 100-degree heat over the past week.
I was relaxing in the bath, having toiled away in the garden all afternoon.

2 to move in a particular direction, slowly and with great effort:
I was toiling up the hill with four heavy bags when he took pity on me.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)