trudge
to walk, especially laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps.
to walk laboriously or wearily along or over: He trudged the deserted road for hours.
a laborious or tiring walk; tramp.
Origin of trudge
1synonym study For trudge
Other words for trudge
Other words from trudge
- trudger, noun
Words Nearby trudge
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How to use trudge in a sentence
They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip | Andrew Romano | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"We really wanted stainless," says the crestfallen pair, and trudge back out the door.
That would be a trudge to take time, indeed; harder than crossing the Kalahari (Note 4) itself.
The Vee-Boers | Mayne ReidA man would feel that he was not altogether a mere machine, to do so much work and then trudge home and sleep.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesThe position, after a trudge of fifteen miles, was estimated at five miles east of the one-hundred-and-twenty-three-mile mound.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
A two-mile trudge across a duck-walk over 'b——y meadow' brought us to the famous Ridgewood Dug-outs.
The Romance of the Red Triangle | Arthur Keysall YappAt first the ascent had seemed tedious enough, as dull as the trudge to her other lessons.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith Wharton
British Dictionary definitions for trudge
/ (trʌdʒ) /
(intr) to walk or plod heavily or wearily
(tr) to pass through or over by trudging
a long tiring walk
Origin of trudge
1Derived forms of trudge
- trudger, noun
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