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Definitions for Moil

[1] to work hard; drudge.
[2] to whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy.
[3] Archaic . to wet or smear.
[4] hard work or drudgery.
[5] confusion, turmoil, or trouble.
[6] Glassmaking . a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation.
[7] Mining . a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock.
[8] to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc
[9] (intr) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil )
[10] toil; drudgery
[11] confusion; turmoil

Words related to Moil

strive, travail, strain, work, drive, grind, plod, sweat, struggle, back, drudge, toil, slave, endeavor, tend, cultivate, tug, fag

Words nearby Moil

mohwa, mohács, moi, moidore, moiety, moil, moira, moirai, moire, moiré, moiré effect

Origin of Moil

1350–1400; Middle English moillen to make or get wet and muddy < Middle French moillier < Vulgar Latin *molliāre, derivative of Latin mollis soft

Other words from Moil

moil·er , noun
moil·ing·ly , adverb
un·moiled , adjective

Word origin for Moil

C14 (to moisten; later: to work hard in unpleasantly wet conditions) from Old French moillier, ultimately from Latin mollis soft

Synonyms for Moil

back, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, fag, grind, plod, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, tug, work, bear down, exert oneself, plug away, pour it on, work oneself to the bone