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- [moil]
- /mɔɪl/
- /mɔɪl/
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- [moil]
- /mɔɪl/
Definitions of moil word
- verb without object moil to work hard; drudge. 1
- verb without object moil to whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy. 1
- verb with object moil Archaic. to wet or smear. 1
- noun moil hard work or drudgery. 1
- noun moil confusion, turmoil, or trouble. 1
- noun moil Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation. 1
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Origin of moil
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English moillen to make or get wet and muddy < Middle French moillier < Vulgar Latin *molliāre, derivative of Latin mollis soft
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Parts of speech for Moil
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
moil popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
moil usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for moil
verb moil
- strive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- travail — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
- drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
noun moil
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- treadmill — an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
- servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
Antonyms for moil
verb moil
- laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
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