I. verb
to perform hard, menial, or monotonous work
drudged all day washing floors
Synonyms: grind, grub, ||muck, plod, slave, slog, toil
Related Word: hammer, peg (away or at or on), plow, plug, pound (away); perform, work
Idioms: keep one's nose to the grindstone
Contrasted words: idle, laze, loaf, lounge; dally, dawdle, potter, putter; cheat, chisel
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: slave 2, ||dogsbody, dray horse, galley slave, peon, slavey, toiler, workhorse
2.
Synonyms: work 2, bullwork, donkeywork, drudgery, grind, labor, moil, plugging, slavery, toil
3.
Synonyms: hack 2, grub, grubber, hireling, mercenary, slavey