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Drudge (Verb)

Meaning

Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The young writer spent her days cooped up in the office, forced to drudge away on an endless series of reports.
  • Engineers working on underground construction sites often have to drudge through dirt and debris for weeks on end.
  • Historians tediously sifted through ancient texts, often having to drudge for hours just to find a single relevant passage.
  • Office employees often drudge all day long, staring blankly at spreadsheets and dreaming of the weekend.
  • Freelance authors wear themselves out as they drudge to meet impossible deadlines.

Synonyms

  • Labor
  • Labour
  • Toil
  • Dig
  • Moil
  • Fag
  • Travail
  • Grind

Hypernyms

  • Do Work
  • Work

Related Words

  • Drudge (noun)
  • Drudgery (noun)
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