trudged
past simple and past participle oftrudge
trudge
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/trʌdʒ/us/trʌdʒ/C2
towalkslowlywith a lot ofeffort,especiallyover adifficultsurfaceor whilecarryingsomethingheavy:
We trudged back up thehill.
I'd had to trudgethroughthesnow.
Synonyms
plod
slog
tramp
Compare
padverb(WALK)
to move slowly
- crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling.
- trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes.
- creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise.
- trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow.
- strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest.
- ambleHe ambled over to the window.
Moving a long way on foot
- backpack
- backpacker
- backpacking
- bushwalking
- footslogging
- hike
- hiker
- hiking
- hoof
- hoof itidiom
- ramble
- traipse
- tramp
- trek
- trekking
- tromp
- trudge
- ultra-distance
- yomp
Phrasal verb
trudge throughsomething
Examplesoftrudged
trudged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It hastrudgedslowly along, with just a few deals completed.
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For four years they havetrudgedalong that path to attempt to get someone with power and influence to listen to them.
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I havetrudgedall over them and ridden the length of them on horseback.
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In addition, a delightful footpath which wetrudgedwould be diverted.
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We are reaching the end of the devolution pilgrimage in which wetrudgedso manfully through the long days of summer.
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Local government and health authorities havetrudgeddown this rocky path with increasingly heavy hearts and increasingly lighter purses.
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He alsotrudgedthrough existing works and resolved conflicting accounts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Entire families, pushing prams,trudgedthrough the snow and ice.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itrudgedto the last class expecting the same meaningless nonsense and prepared for a nap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The beasts of burdentrudgedthrough the muck to deliver tobacco to the tiny "fbrica".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ulsanbawi was ashamed and slowlytrudgedback to the south.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On one occasion he spread a load of sand outside a theatre to publicise a western; unfortunately, when it rained cinema-goerstrudgedmuch of it inside.
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