trudging
present 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
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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
Examplesoftrudging
trudging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It struck me that he could be best described as a mantrudginga tightrope with heavy boots.
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I know fromtrudgingthe streets, not to collect votes, but visiting primary schools and parents with problems, that intense housing problems exist there.
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We were treated, once again, like a train of pack mulestrudgingour way through the sands of time.
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I remember a man who came to me with a packet of biscuits which he had carried whiletrudgingthrough half a mile of water.
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It is not a happy sight to see themtrudgingalong the streets, bewildered and seeking somewhere to stay.
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Then we saw idle mines and thousands who had been unemployed for yearstrudgingalong the streets.
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Now, though, we have to starttrudgingacross the flatlands of day-to-day life.
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We have all seen shopgirls and typists and the resttrudgingalong sometimes great distances, morning and evening, to and from their work.
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It is far more convenient for most people, particularly in isolated areas, thantrudgingalong to join the long queues at banks or at the offices of nationalised industries.
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To me, nothing is more nauseating than to see able-bodied young mentrudgingtheir way to the employment exchange to sign on and to look for work.
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Trudgingon, the men eventually give up their task in climbing the mountain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The pace drags increasingly,trudgingthrough the protracted final reels to a clumsy wrap-up with too many concluding scenes, none of them effective.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I imagined the ghosts of weary maid-servantstrudgingup these stairs late at night...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The only means of transportation was by banca or fishing boats, and by horsebacktrudgingthe small mountain trails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But after 19 days oftrudgingthrough the wilderness, they failed to reach the site.
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- put something across
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- put something before someone
- put something behind you
- put something by
- put something down to something
- put something in
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- put something off
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