moil

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /mɔɪl/ UK /mɔɪl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to work hard; toil, or to churn about in confusion

The miners moiled underground from dawn until well past dusk.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to work hard; toil, or to... toil labor drudge slave grind churn

Opposites

rest idle relax

Word family

Derived forms moilermoiling

Etymology

From Middle English moillen ('to wet, moisten, drudge in mud'), from Old French moillier ('to wet, paddle in mud'), ultimately from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollis ('soft').

moillier Old French mollis Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# moil

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /mɔɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /mɔɪl/

## Meanings
1. to work hard; toil, or to churn about in confusion

## Examples
- The miners moiled underground from dawn until well past dusk.

## Synonyms
- toil
- labor
- drudge
- slave
- grind
- churn

## Antonyms
- rest
- idle
- relax

## Derived Forms
- moiler
- moiling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: moillier
- Root: mollis

## Etymology
From Middle English moillen ('to wet, moisten, drudge in mud'), from Old French moillier ('to wet, paddle in mud'), ultimately from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollis ('soft').

## AI Etymology
Moil comes from Middle English moillen ('to wet, moisten, drudge in mud'), from Old French moillier ('to wet, paddle in mud'), ultimately from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollis ('soft'). The etymological trail includes Old French moillier, Latin mollis. The same word family includes moiler, moiling. Its current verb use means "to work hard; toil, or to churn about in confusion".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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