TRUDGED

Verb

trudged

simple past tense and past participle of trudge

Source: Wiktionary


TRUDGE

Trudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.] Etym: [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. þruga.]

Definition: To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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