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MOIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moisten or soil

Example:

Her tears moiled the letter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "moil" is one way to...):

smear (stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be agitated

Example:

the sea was churning in the storm

Synonyms:

boil; churn; moil; roil

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "moil" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "moil"):

roll; seethe (boil vigorously)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water moils

Sense 3

Meaning:

Work hard

Example:

Lexicographers drudge all day long

Synonyms:

dig; drudge; fag; grind; labor; labour; moil; toil; travail

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "moil" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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