English-Thai Dictionary
drudge
N คนที่ ทำงานหนัก คน ทำงาน น่าเบื่อ คน ทำงาน ใช้ แรงงาน farmer farmhand kon-ti-tam-ngan-nak
drudge
VI ทำงานหนัก ทำงาน น่าเบื่อ toil labor grub tam-ngan-nak
drudger
N คนที่ ทำงานหนัก จำเจ khon-ti-tam-ngarn-nak-jam-je
drudgery
N งานหนัก งาน น่าเบื่อ housework chores toil sweat ngan-nak
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DRUDGE
v.i.druj. To work hard; to labor in mean offices; to labor with toil and fatigue. In merriment did drudge and labor.
DRUDGE
n.One who works hard, or labors with toil and fatigue; one who labors hard in servile employments; a slave.
DRUDGER
n. 1. A drudge.
2. A drudging-box. [See Dredging-box. ]
DRUDGERY
n.Hard labor; toilsome work; ignoble toil; hard work in servile occupations. Paradise was a place of bliss-without drudgery or sorrow.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DRUDGE
Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging. ] Etym: [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge. ]
Defn: 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.
DRUDGE
DRUDGE Drudge, v. t.
Defn: To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
DRUDGE
DRUDGE Drudge, n.
Defn: One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
DRUDGER
DRUDGER Drudg "er, n.
1. One who drudges; a drudge.
2. A dredging box.
DRUDGERY
DRUDGERY Drudg "er *y, n.
Defn: The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. Paradise was a place of bliss. .. without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.
Syn. -- See Toll.
New American Oxford Dictionary
drudge
drudge |drəj drəʤ | ▶noun a person made to do hard, menial, or dull work: she was little more than a drudge around the house. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic do such work. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): of unknown origin; perhaps related to drag .
drudgery
drudg er y |ˈdrəjərē ˈdrəʤ (ə )ri | ▶noun hard, menial, or dull work: domestic drudgery.
Oxford Dictionary
drudge
drudge |drʌdʒ | ▶noun a person made to do hard menial or dull work: she was little more than a drudge round the house. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic do hard menial work. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): of unknown origin; perhaps related to drag .
drudgery
drudg ¦ery |ˈdrʌdʒəri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] hard menial or dull work: domestic drudgery.
American Oxford Thesaurus
drudge
drudge noun a household drudge: menial worker, slave, lackey, servant, laborer, worker, cog; informal gofer, runner, bottle-washer, serf. ▶verb archaic he drudged in the fields. See toil (sense 1 of the verb ).
drudgery
drudgery noun she swore her daughters would never be condemned to a life of drudgery: hard work, menial work, donkey work, toil, labor; chores. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See labor . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
Oxford Thesaurus
drudge
drudge noun her family reduced her to a household drudge: menial, menial worker, slave, toiler, lackey; servant, labourer, hack, worker, maid /man of all work, houseboy, factotum, hewer of wood and drawer of water; informal skivvy, dogsbody, gofer, running dog, runner; N. Amer. peon; Brit. dated charwoman, charlady, char; archaic scullion, servitor. ▶verb archaic he was drudging in the fields as a day labourer. See toil (sense 1 of the verb ).
drudgery
drudgery noun the housewives were left alone with their drudgery: hard work, menial work, donkey work, toil, toiling, labour, hard /sweated labour, chores, plodding; slavery; informal skivvying, grind, slog; Brit. informal graft; Austral. /NZ informal (hard ) yakka; archaic travail, moil. ANTONYMS relaxation.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
drudge
drudge /drʌdʒ /名詞 C (単調な仕事に )こつこつ [あくせく ]働く人 .動詞 自動詞 【単調な仕事を 】こつこつする, あくせく働く «at » .
drudgery
drudg er y /drʌ́dʒ (ə )ri /名詞 U 退屈な骨折り仕事 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary