trudge — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

   Examples

   The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there.

Verb

1. To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

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   2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014) This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.

2. To trudge along or over a route etc.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. a long difficult walk

   Broader terms

   hikehikingtramp

Verb

1. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

   Synonyms

   slogfootslogplodpadtramp

   Broader terms

   walk

   Examples

   Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone