name
Meaning 1
Synonym of Ngan'gityemerri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ngan'gityemerri
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
moil
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɔɪl/
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homophone: mohel
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rhymes with -ɔɪl
noun
Meaning 2
Hard work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Confusion, turmoil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A spot; a defilement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 6
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: blow molding
Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 7
The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 8
To toil, to work hard.
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verb
Meaning 9
To churn continually; to swirl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To defile or dirty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
moisten or soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her tears moiled the letter
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: smear
verb
Meaning 12
be agitated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sea was churning in the storm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: churn, boil, roil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: seethe, roll
verb
Meaning 13
work hard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work, do work
History
Etymology
From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).
Of unclear origin; possibly from French meule or Hebrew מוהל (mohel, “ritual circumciser”), referring to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тежка работа (težka rabota) — hard work
- Czech: dřina — hard work
- French: corvée — hard work
- Czech: zmatek — confusion