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DRUDGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A laborer who is obliged to do menial work

Synonyms:

drudge; galley slave; navvy; peon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drudge" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Derivation:

drudge (work hard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One who works hard at boring tasks

Synonyms:

drudge; hack; hacker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drudge" is a kind of...):

unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drudge"):

plodder; slogger (someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours)

Derivation:

drudge (work hard)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Work hard

Example:

Lexicographers drudge all day long

Synonyms:

dig; drudge; fag; grind; labor; labour; moil; toil; travail

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "drudge" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

drudge (a laborer who is obliged to do menial work)

drudge (one who works hard at boring tasks)

drudgery (hard monotonous routine work)

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