n. In the toils, ensnared; captured.To pull about; tug; drag.To harass; weary or exhaust by toil: often used reflexively (whence later, by omission of the reflexive pronoun, the intransitive use): sometimes with out.To labor; work; till.To work, especially for a considerable time, and with great or painful fatigue of body or mind; labor.To move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain.Synonyms To drudge, moil, strive. See the noun.n. Confusion; turmoil; uproar; struggle; tussle.n. Harassing labor; labor accompanied with fatigue and pain; exhausting effort.n. A work accomplished; an achievement.n. Synonyms Labor, Drudgery, etc. (see work, n.); effort, exertion, pains.n. A net, snare, or gin; any web, cord, or thread spread for taking prey.