The meaning of Drudgery

noun

A routine task, especially a household one.

Usage examples:

The early risers were up and about, doing their chores

noun

A shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.

Usage examples:

From those few grafts, other grafts were made from the top cuttings of the trees, but the seeds hav…

verb

Insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.

Usage examples:

It was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk

verb

Make money by shady or dishonest means.

Usage examples:

The only friends i had were people i would graft with or put money together for drugs with.

verb

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.

Usage examples:

Grind some black pepper over the salad

noun

A crushing or grating sound or motion.

Usage examples:

The crunch and grind of bulldozers

noun

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

noun

Work, especially physical work.

Usage examples:

The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and vat

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

Usage examples:

The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved., they gave us an estimated price including p…

verb

Work hard.

Usage examples:

Men who moiled for gold

noun

Hard work; drudgery.

Usage examples:

This night his weekly moil is at an end

adjective

Slow-moving and unexciting.

Usage examples:

A plodding comedy drama

verb

Walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.

Usage examples:

We plodded back up the hill

adjective

Slow, continuous, and not exciting

Usage examples:

I'll try not to bore you with lots of plodding details., the novel is heavy and plodding, with litt…

verb

Present participle of skivvy

Usage examples:

I'm not going to skivvy for you any more.

noun

The state of being a slave.

Usage examples:

Thousands had been sold into slavery

verb

Work hard over a period of time.

Usage examples:

They were slogging away to meet a deadline

noun

A spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling.

Usage examples:

It would be a hard slog back to the camp

verb

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

Usage examples:

We toiled away

noun

Exhausting physical labour.

Usage examples:

A life of toil

verb

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

Usage examples:

We toiled away

noun

Exhausting physical labour.

Usage examples:

A life of toil

verb

Present participle of toil

Usage examples:

Farm workers have been toiling in the 100-degree heat over the past week., after toiling away at wo…

noun

Painful or laborious effort.

Usage examples:

Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail

verb

Engage in painful or laborious effort.

Usage examples:

Creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny

noun

An unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or effort

Usage examples:

The recent travails of the airline industry