verb
moil
Moil (verb) means (dated) To work hard.
verb
1
(dated) To work hard.
2
To move round and round without stopping.
"A crowd of men and women moiled like nightmare figures in the smoke-green haze."
— Ralph Ellison (1952)
3
(dated) To make something dirty.
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Etymology
Moil comes from Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), which was borrowed from Old French moillier, with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).
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What is the meaning of moil?
"moil" (verb) means (dated) To work hard.
What is another word for moil?
Other words for "moil" include boil, travail, labor, toil, labour, dig.
What is the opposite of moil?
Opposites of "moil" include clean, purify, cleanse.
What are the different meanings of moil?
"moil" has 3 main meanings: 1. (dated) To work hard; 2. To move round and round without stopping; 3. (dated) To make something dirty.
