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trudge

(trŭj)

intr.v. trudged, trudg·ing, trudg·es

To walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way; plod.

A long, tedious walk.

[Origin unknown.]

trudg′er n.

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trudge

(trʌdʒ)

1. (intr) to walk or plod heavily or wearily

2. (tr) to pass through or over by trudging

a long tiring walk

[C16: of obscure origin]

ˈtrudger n

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trudge

(trʌdʒ)

v. trudged, trudg•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily.

v.t.

2. to walk laboriously or wearily along or over.

3. a laborious or tiring walk; tramp.

[1540–50; perhaps b. tread and drudge]

trudg′er, n.

trudge

Past participle: trudged
Gerund: trudging

Imperative
trudge
trudge

Present
I trudge
you trudge
he/she/it trudges
we trudge
you trudge
they trudge

Preterite
I trudged
you trudged
he/she/it trudged
we trudged
you trudged
they trudged

Present Continuous
I am trudging
you are trudging
he/she/it is trudging
we are trudging
you are trudging
they are trudging

Present Perfect
I have trudged
you have trudged
he/she/it has trudged
we have trudged
you have trudged
they have trudged

Past Continuous
I was trudging
you were trudging
he/she/it was trudging
we were trudging
you were trudging
they were trudging

Past Perfect
I had trudged
you had trudged
he/she/it had trudged
we had trudged
you had trudged
they had trudged

Future
I will trudge
you will trudge
he/she/it will trudge
we will trudge
you will trudge
they will trudge

Future Perfect
I will have trudged
you will have trudged
he/she/it will have trudged
we will have trudged
you will have trudged
they will have trudged

Future Continuous
I will be trudging
you will be trudging
he/she/it will be trudging
we will be trudging
you will be trudging
they will be trudging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been trudging
you have been trudging
he/she/it has been trudging
we have been trudging
you have been trudging
they have been trudging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been trudging
you will have been trudging
he/she/it will have been trudging
we will have been trudging
you will have been trudging
they will have been trudging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been trudging
you had been trudging
he/she/it had been trudging
we had been trudging
you had been trudging
they had been trudging

Conditional
I would trudge
you would trudge
he/she/it would trudge
we would trudge
you would trudge
they would trudge

Past Conditional
I would have trudged
you would have trudged
he/she/it would have trudged
we would have trudged
you would have trudged
they would have trudged

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Noun	1.	trudge - a long difficult walk hike, hiking, tramp - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
Verb	1.	trudge - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" footslog, plod, slog, tramp, pad walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" squish, slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

trudge

verb

1. plod, trek, tramp, traipse (informal), march, stump, hike, clump, lumber, slog, drag yourself, yomp, walk heavily, footslog We had to trudge up the track back to the station.

noun

1. tramp, march, haul, trek, hike, slog, traipse (informal), yomp, footslog We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.

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trudge

verb

To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty:

plod, slog, slop, toil, wade.

Translations

مَشْي بِتَثاقُليَمْشي بِتَثاقُل

plahočeníplahočit se

trasketrasketurvadevadetur

stapfen latschen

traîner

cammoghosszú és fárasztó gyaloglás

òaî aî ganga òungum skrefumòramma

arrancare

kėblinimas

nogurdinošs ceļšslātvilkšanāsvilkties

gang med tunge skritt trasking

тащиться

namáhavo ísť

zorlukla/yorgun argın yürümezorlukla/yorgun argın yürümek

步履艰难步履艰难地走跋涉

trudge

[trʌdʒ]

A. N → caminata f (difícil, larga, penosa)

B. VT → recorrer a pie (penosamente)
we trudged the streets looking for him → nos cansamos buscándole por las calles

C. VI to trudge up/down/along → subir/bajar/caminar penosamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trudge

[ˈtrʌdʒ] vi → marcher péniblement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trudge

vi to trudge in/out/along etc → hinein-/hinaus-/entlangtrotten etc; to trudge through the mud → durch den Matsch stapfen; we trudged (a)round the shops → wir sind durch die Geschäfte getrottet or gelatscht (inf)

vt streets, town → trotten durch; (looking for sth) → abklappern

n → mühseliger Marsch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trudge

[trʌdʒ] vi to trudge up/down/along → trascinarsi pesantemente su/giù/lungo
to trudge round the town → girare la città in lungo e in largo

trudge

(tradʒ) verb

to walk with slow, tired steps. He trudged wearily up the hill.

noun

such a walk or way of walking.

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"It's getting awful rough walking," said Dorothy, as they trudged along.

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Of course, I had guessed it a long while ago; but it is one thing to guess, another to know; and I sat stunned with my good fortune, and could scarce grow to believe that the same poor lad who had trudged in the dust from Ettrick Forest not two days ago, was now one of the rich of the earth, and had a house and broad lands, and might mount his horse tomorrow.

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So it came to pass that as he trudged from the place of blood and wrath his soul changed.

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The travellers now moved forward with renovated spirits; the snow, it is true, lay deeper and deeper as they advanced, but they trudged on merrily, considering themselves well provided for the journey, which could not be of much longer duration.

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Nikita again climbed out and again trudged about in the snow.

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"Not but that it's good, of course, to send money to the heathen, and I shouldn't want 'em not to send SOME there," sighed Pollyanna to herself, as she trudged sorrowfully along.

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His squaw, for the most part of the time, trudged on foot, like the residue of the party; nor did any of the men show more patience and fortitude than this resolute woman in enduring fatigue and hardship.

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MacConnell trudged off through the fog, and she went slowly upstairs.

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From the unique diamond sparkle of frost on trees in sunlight, to the trudged snow in half-light on city streets, winter offers a unique perspective to the artist, with images, colours and light unlike any other season.