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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb work hard
  2. verb be agitated
  3. verb moisten or soil

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig

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