moil

moil

M0369700 (moil)intr.v. moiled, moil·ing, moils 1. To work hard; toil: men who moil in mines.2. To churn about continuously: clouds moiling in the wind.n.1. Hard work; toil.2. Confusion; turmoil: "the dogs shooting past her in a moil of fur and flashing feet" (T.C. Boyle).

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[Middle English mollen, to soften by wetting, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollia (pānis), the soft part (of bread), from neuter pl. of mollis, soft; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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moil′er n.

moil

(mɔɪl) vb1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc2. (intr) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil)n3. toil; drudgery4. confusion; turmoil[C14 (to moisten; later: to work hard in unpleasantly wet conditions) from Old French moillier, ultimately from Latin mollis soft] ˈmoiler n

moil

(mɔɪl)

v.i. 1. to work hard; drudge. 2. to whirl or eddy. v.t. 3. Archaic. to wet or smudge. n. 4. drudgery. 5. turmoil. [1350–1400; Middle English moillen to make or get wet and muddy < Middle French moillier < Vulgar Latin *molliāre, derivative of Latin mollis soft] moil′er, n.

moil

Past participle: moiled
Gerund: moiling

Imperative
moil
moil

Present
I moil
you moil
he/she/it moils
we moil
you moil
they moil

Preterite
I moiled
you moiled
he/she/it moiled
we moiled
you moiled
they moiled

Present Continuous
I am moiling
you are moiling
he/she/it is moiling
we are moiling
you are moiling
they are moiling

Present Perfect
I have moiled
you have moiled
he/she/it has moiled
we have moiled
you have moiled
they have moiled

Past Continuous
I was moiling
you were moiling
he/she/it was moiling
we were moiling
you were moiling
they were moiling

Past Perfect
I had moiled
you had moiled
he/she/it had moiled
we had moiled
you had moiled
they had moiled

Future
I will moil
you will moil
he/she/it will moil
we will moil
you will moil
they will moil

Future Perfect
I will have moiled
you will have moiled
he/she/it will have moiled
we will have moiled
you will have moiled
they will have moiled

Future Continuous
I will be moiling
you will be moiling
he/she/it will be moiling
we will be moiling
you will be moiling
they will be moiling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been moiling
you have been moiling
he/she/it has been moiling
we have been moiling
you have been moiling
they have been moiling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been moiling
you will have been moiling
he/she/it will have been moiling
we will have been moiling
you will have been moiling
they will have been moiling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been moiling
you had been moiling
he/she/it had been moiling
we had been moiling
you had been moiling
they had been moiling

Conditional
I would moil
you would moil
he/she/it would moil
we would moil
you would moil
they would moil

Past Conditional
I would have moiled
you would have moiled
he/she/it would have moiled
we would have moiled
you would have moiled
they would have moiled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	moil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"drudge, labour, toil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grinddo work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
	2.	moil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"roil, churn, boilseethe, roll - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	moil - moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

moil

verbTo exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:drive, fag, labor, strain, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work.Idiom: break one's back.nounPhysical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:drudgery, labor, toil, travail, work.Informal: sweat.Chiefly British: fag.Idiom: sweat of one's brow.