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# trudge

«trudge» in Mova's school dictionary: **to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (trudge, trudges, trudged, trudging); noun (a trudge — a long tiring walk)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To trudge is to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired, or because the ground is hard to walk on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#m1)

2) A trudge is a long, tiring walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character is tired, sad or walking through snow, mud or sand. Phrases: trudge home, trudge through the snow, trudge up the hill, a long trudge.

### examples

- We trudged home through the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x1)
- The soldiers trudged along the muddy road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x2)
- After the match, the team trudged back to the changing room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x3)
- It was a long trudge up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x4)
- She trudged to school with her heavy bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x5)
- The explorers trudged across the ice for days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x6)
- TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: trudged, trudging. Stronger than walk; shows effort and tiredness. Similar: plod, tramp, slog.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trudge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trudge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.