Meaning & use
moil
Last updated
To work hard and continuously; to toil, or to move about in a swirling, turbulent way.
See it in a sentence
The miners moiled through the night to meet the shipment deadline.
Fog moiled over the valley as the temperature dropped.
A note on using this word
Now mostly literary or archaic; it survives chiefly in the fixed phrase "toil and moil," meaning hard, wearisome work.
Words with a similar meaning
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “moil”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.