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trudge
trudge/trʌdʒ/ verb [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION] [date : 1500-1600; Origin : Perhaps copying the action] to walk with slow heavy steps, especially because you are tired or it is difficult to walk: ▪ We trudged home through the snow.
—trudge noun [SINGULAR]: ▪ the long trudge back up the hill • • • THESAURUS to walk slowly ▪trudge /trʌdʒ/ to walk in a slow tired way because it is difficult to continue walking, or you do not want to go somewhere : ▪ The men trudged along the road, heads bent against the wind. ▪ I’ve spent hours trudging around the shops looking for a present. ▪plod to walk slowly in a tired way – often used about a horse, donkey etc : ▪ The donkey was plodding slowly along under its heavy load. ▪ I plodded on growing thirstier and hungrier. ▪shuffle to walk very slowly and noisily without lifting your feet off the ground : ▪ The old man got up and shuffled to the door.
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB along ▪ They trudged along the Overclyst road for perhaps half a mile, and then turned down a lane on the left. ▪ Windows repeat themselves in a monotonous rhythm that is continued by the people trudging along. ▪ He trudges along there on a Sunday, in hat, tie, dark suit. ▪ The other nomes trudged along in weary silence. ▪ His tailpiece, most aptly, is Eric Gill's woodcut of an infantryman trudging along his Via Dolorosa. ▪ He always looked tired and sad as he trudged along the streets. ▪ Others trudged along in wellingtons, a bulging canvas bag in each hand. back ▪ Fighting the wind, she begins the trudge back to ex-banker's bungalow. ▪ She saw her father trudging back from the pigsty toward the house. ▪ He could only trudge back into the narrow dark. ▪ I trudged back upstairs and lay down in the dark. ▪ Drizzling rain soaked Hodgesaargh as he trudged back to the castle. ▪ When the sun got red we trudged back together. ▪ When we were convinced Robert had definitely gone the three of us trudged back up the field. ▪ I trudged back up to the cabin and reluctantly went to bed. home ▪ Henry trudged home through a cold drizzle feeling lonely, let-down, and bitterly disappointed. ▪ Naked, dark with misery, the youth trudged home. ▪ Corbett relaxed, the thoroughfare was busy as carts, traders and farmers trudged home. ▪ We trudged home at dusk when the city glows in burnished tones of copper and terra cotta. ▪ I trudged home thinking about my day. off ▪ The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre. ▪ As Riker and I trudged off to find our tents, his voice faded to silence. ▪ He put down his glass of tea, lifted the rifle to his shoulder and trudged off into the debris. ▪ At about two o'clock, we picked up our packs and trudged off. ▪ I trudge off the platform on to the exit gantry and look below. ▪ He trudged off miserably down jubilee Road with the cold rain dripping from his ear lobes. ▪ Watching Ferdinand trudge off dejectedly at the end, it was hard not to feel sorry for him. on ▪ They trudged on again, their feet following a vein of beaten earth under the thickness of the heather. ▪ Throughout all of this, Barrington has quietly trudged on because nobody else would. ▪ Presently he trudged on, alone and wretched. ▪ She wrenched off her coat while Tod trudged on up, and she came pounding after him. ▪ He thrust his gloved hands in his pockets and trudged on, his face closed and looking inward. ▪ He trudged on, stopped at a tavern, and ordered a drink; then another. up ▪ He said it aloud to himself as he trudged up the stairs. ▪ Reva Bergen trudged up the steep walk, burdened with grocery sacks. ▪ With a little grin, she began trudging up the lane. ▪ He used the side entrance, on Lafayette, and trudged up the stairs to the second floor. ▪ I have to admit grudgingly that this is interesting, and I trudge up the path with Tony just behind. ▪ Then she patted her hair, as though that might make it behave itself and we all trudged up the beach. ▪ Billy Gorman trudged up the long path to the kitchen garden and the back of the house. ▪ I trudge up the High Street and pay no attention at first to the sirens. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other. ▪ Corbett trudged down the beaten, muddy track; the sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall. ▪ Father Gannon trudged upstairs and flopped down on his hard bed. ▪ He trudged forward doggedly, blinking the ice from his eyelashes. ▪ In many places the thaw was complete, and he trudged through mud. ▪ Reva Bergen trudged up the steep walk, burdened with grocery sacks. ▪ The fisherman trudged to the sea once more, spoke, and the flounder granted the wish. ▪ With a little grin, she began trudging up the lane.
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