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TRUDGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long difficult walk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

hike; hiking; tramp (a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure)

Derivation:

trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Example:

Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

Synonyms:

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trudge"):

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish (walk through mud or mire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They trudge up the hill

Derivation:

trudge (a long difficult walk)

trudger (someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner)

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