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trudges

trudges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trudge.

Meaning of trudge

Verb

trudge (third-person singular simple present trudges, present participle trudging, simple past and past participle trudged)

  1. (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
    • 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.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
  2. (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.

See all 3 meanings of trudge

Questions about trudges

What is trudges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trudges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trudge.

Words near trudges in the dictionary

  1. trudgeon
  2. trudgeon stroke
  3. trudgeons
  4. trudger
  5. trudgers
  6. trudges
  7. Trudgill
  8. Trudgills
  9. trudging
  10. trudgings
  11. Trudi

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