Thesaurus: drudge

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1. v. i. To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
2. v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
3. n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.
4. n. one who works hard at boring tasks
5. n. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
6. v. work hard
7. 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. Macaulay. To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
8. To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant officeswith toil and fatigue.He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom hedrudged. Macaulay.
9. v:31/n:69 n. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work