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trudge Definition

trudge (truj)

intransitive verb trudged, trudg·ing

to walk, esp. wearily or laboriously

Etymology: < ?

noun

a walk or tramp, esp. a wearying, tedious one

trudge Related Forms
trudger noun
trudge Synonyms

trudge

v.

plod, step, tread; see march, walk 1.

trudge Usage Examples

Object

  • mile: Young James often had to trudge many miles to play at these dances.
  • street: Once I trudged those streets every day in the snow.
  • round: The miserable faces trudging round the city center make my lunch break the most depressing hour of the day.
  • home: Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of color on the white ground, ravens circling above.

Preposition: through

  • mud: As we splashed through puddles and trudged through mud, I struck up a conversation, having clocked the Clash badge on her coat.
  • snow: I would do anything to be trudging through that snow around the boating lake.
  • rain: So despite seeing such a brilliant game we were slightly deflated as we trudged through the rain back to the coach.

Modifying Another Word

  • wearily: Along the promenade, in parties of fifty, the remnants of practically all the last regiments were wearily trudging along.
  • slowly: Sure enough a solitary figure was spotted slowly trudging up the hill with his laden pony.
  • back: Trudging back to the pits, he flagged down a van for a lift.
  • long: Pros: No long trudge to or from the car-park or seeking a space.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: IT managers tend to trudge along without ever looking at their progress.
  • off: Still in sight of the group of people who had witnessed my gob smack we trudged off back the way we had come.
  • around: After trudging around for an hour I said ' kin hell, my ' kin feet are hurting.
  • up: We then trudged up across the ridge, steering a fairly wide course around many snow cornices which we met in our path.
  • down: Imagine him kissing his son goodbye and trudging down to the harbor.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • around: My feet had had enough, and I just couldn't face trudging around any more.
  • down: Trudging down the staircase, I hear Leeds cheer a bit.
  • off: England's players trudged off the field dejectedly, with the crowd in no doubt who they wanted to see introduced.

Particle object:

  • hill: Not once did I trudge up the hill from the tube station in the biting wind.