trudge

Definitions

noun

1

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there.

verb

1

To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.

2

To trudge along or over a route etc.

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

ADV

slowly

The tired hikers trudged slowly up the mountain path after walking all morning.

wearily

After the long shift at the factory, Maria trudged wearily up the stairs to her apartment.

along, back, home, off, on

After the long hike, we trudged back to the car exhausted and hungry.

PREP

across, along, around, down, through, up

The tired hikers trudged up the steep mountain path for several hours.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there.

Wiktionary

02

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text This f

Wiktionary

03

After every big snowfall, the students trudge through deep snow to school.

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