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als werkwoord: - 1
drudge
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 drudge
One who works hard at boring tasks.
synoniemen: hack, hacker.
Roget 690:
doer,
actor,
agent,
performer,
perpetrator,
operator;
executor,
executrix;
practitioner,
worker,
stager.
bee,
ant,
working bee,
termite,
white ant;
laboring oar,
servant of all work,
factotum.
workman,
artisan;
craftsman,
handicraftsman;
mechanic,
operative;
working man;
laboring man;
demiurgus,
hewers of wood and drawers of water,
laborer,
navvy†;
hand,
man,
day laborer,
journeyman,
charwoman,
hack;
mere tool
etc.
633;
beast of burden,
drudge,
fag;
lumper†,
roustabout.
maker,
artificer,
artist,
wright,
manufacturer,
architect,
builder,
mason,
bricklayer,
smith,
forger,
Vulcan;
carpenter;
ganger,
platelayer;
blacksmith,
locksmith,
sailmaker,
wheelwright.
machinist,
mechanician,
engineer.
sempstress†,
semstress†,
seamstress;
needlewoman†,
workwoman;
tailor,
cordwainer†.
minister
etc.
(instrument)
631;
servant
etc.
746;
representative
etc.
(commissioner)
758,
(deputy)
759.
coworker,
party to,
participator in,
particeps criminis [Lat.],
dramatis personae [Lat.];
personnel.
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Pools: chałturnik, chałturowiec, chałturszczyk, chałturzysta, wyrobnik
2 drudge
A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
synoniemen: galley slave, navvy, peon.
Nederlands: grondwerker, koelie, loonslaaf
Pools: murzyn
werkwoord
1 drudge
Work hard:
— Lexicographers drudge all day long.
synoniemen: dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.
Roget 686:
exert oneself;
exert one's energies,
tax one's energies;
use exertion.
labor,
work,
toil,
moil,
sweat,
fag,
drudge,
slave,
drag a lengthened chain,
wade through,
strive,
stretch a long arm;
pull,
tug,
ply;
ply the oar,
tug at the oar;
do the work;
take the laboring oar bestir oneself
(be active)
682;
take trouble,
trouble oneself.
work hard;
rough it;
put forth one's strength,
put forth a strong arm;
fall to work,
bend the bow;
buckle to,
set one's shoulder to the wheel
etc.
(resolution)
604;
work like a horse,
work like a cart horse,
work like a galley slave,
work like a coal heaver;
labor day and night,
work day and night;
redouble one's efforts;
do double duty;
work double hours,
work double tides;
sit up,
burn the candle at both ends;
stick to
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
work one's way,
fight one's way,
lay about one,
hammer at.
take pains;
do one's best,
do one's level best,
do one's utmost;
give one hundred percent,
do the best one can,
do all one can,
do all in one's power,
do as much as in one lies,
do what lies in one's power;
use one's best endeavor,
use one's utmost endeavor;
try one's best,
try one's utmost;
play one's best card;
put one's best leg foremost,
put one's right leg foremost;
have one's whole soul in his work,
put all one's strength into,
strain every nerve;
spare no efforts,
spare no pains;
go all lengths;
go through fire and water
etc.
(resolution)
604;
move heaven and earth,
leave no stone unturned.
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Nederlands: beulen, inspannen, ploegen, ploeteren, sappelen, sloven
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: administer to, attend, attend on, be busy, beast of burden, care for, chore, dance attendance upon, dig, do for, do service to, domestic, domestic servant, donkeywork, dray horse, drudgery, fag, galley slave, greasy grind, grind, grub, grubber, hack, hammer, hammer away, help, hireling, keep doggedly at, labor, lackey, look after, maid, menial, mercenary, minister to, moil, muck, pander to, peg, peg away, peon, plod, plodder, plow, plug, plug along, plug at, plug away, plugging, pound, pound away, scullion, servant, serve, servitor, slave, slavery, slavey, slog, slog away, slogger, swot, take care of, tend, toil, toiler, travail, turnspit, upon, valet, wade through, wait, wait on, work, work away, work for, workhorse ... meer laten zien.
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