VERB | social | drudge, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil | work hard |
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NOUN | person | drudge, hack, hacker | one who works hard at boring tasks |
person | drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
Sounds | drah'jh | |
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Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... |
Meaning | One who works hard at boring tasks. | |
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Synonyms | hack, hacker | |
Narrower | plodder, slogger | someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours |
Broader | unskilled person | A person who lacks technical training |
Spanish | machaca | |
Verbs | drudge | work hard |
Meaning | A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. | |
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Synonyms | peon, navvy, galley slave | |
Broader | laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack | someone who works with their hands |
Spanish | bracero, galeote, peón | |
Catalan | bracer, peó | |
Verbs | drudge | work hard |
Meaning | Work hard. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Lexicographers drudge all day long" | |
Synonyms | labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil | |
Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
Spanish | afanarse, fatigarse, trabajar duro | |
Nouns | drudge | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
drudge | one who works hard at boring tasks | |
drudgery | hard monotonous routine work |
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