verb
- worked hard; toiled or labored strenuously
- churned or swirled about in confusion or turmoil
Usage: past tense of ‘moil’; somewhat archaic
Usage: past tense of ‘moil’; literary
Examples
- The workers moiled in the hot sun all day.
- She moiled over her studies late into the night.
- The crowd moiled around the entrance to the stadium.
- Waters moiled and frothed around the rocky shore.
- He moiled through years of poverty before finding success.
- The protesters moiled in the square, demanding change.