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trudge |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trudge \Trudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trudged}; p. pr & vb n. {Trudging}.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf dial. Sw truga, trudja a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. [thorn]r[=u]ga.] To walk or march with labor; to jog along to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trudge n : a long difficult walk v 1: walk heavily, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {plod}, {pad}] 2: to walk or proceed draggingly, slowly: "Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged toward St Peter's." [syn: {trail}, {shack}]
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