toil, slave, labor, work hard
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Drudge Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To consume laboriously; -- with away.
To consume laboriously; -- with away.
(v. i.)
To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
(n.)
One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.
drudge
\drudge\, v. t. to consume laboriously; -- with away. rise to our toils and drudge away the day.
drudge
\drudge\, n. one who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.
drudge
\drudge\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. drudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. drudging.] [oe. druggen; prob not akin to e. drag, v. t., but fr. celtic; cf. ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] to perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. he gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
drudge
n
1. one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, hacker]
2. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: peon, navvy, galley slave]
v : work hard; "she was digging away at her math homework"; "lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil]
1: one who is obliged to do menial work 2: one whose work is routine and boring3.do drudgery ;N: person who drudges
***He drudged the life of a clerk and fantasized about a life in the film industry.
***He drudged the life of a clerk and fantasized about a life in the film industry.
Noun
1. one who works hard at boring tasks
(synonym) hack, hacker
(hypernym) unskilled person
(hyponym) plodder, slogger
(derivation) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil
2. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
(synonym) peon, navvy, galley slave
(hypernym) laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
(derivation) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil
Verb
1. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
(synonym) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) peon, navvy, galley slave
Drudge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A drudge is a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work; it can also refer to the work itself, known as drudgery.
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