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1. : hard work : drudgery. 2. : confusion, turmoil. Did you know? Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk.)
noun. hard work or drudgery. confusion, turmoil, or trouble. Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation. Mining. a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock. moil.
Synonyms for MOIL: commotion, disturbance, stir, hurry, turmoil, fuss, clatter, noise; Antonyms of MOIL: rest, peace, stillness, quiet, tranquillity, calm, hush, tranquility.
Synonyms for MOILS: disturbances, commotions, stirs, turmoils, fusses, furors, furores, noises; Antonyms of MOILS: tranquillities, tranquilities, rests, calms, hushes, peaces, quiets, quietudes
Definitions of moil. verb. work hard. synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail. see more. verb. be agitated. synonyms: boil, churn, roil. see more.
moil (countable and uncountable, plural moils) (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
Wiktionary. (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off). Wiktionary.
moil. verb. To 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. noun. Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, toil, travail, work.
1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc. 2. (intransitive) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil) noun. 3. toil; drudgery. 4. confusion; turmoil.
Definition of moil. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.