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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Drudge

/(drŭj)/ · IPA /dɹʌd͡ʒ/
01 v. i. To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
  1. 1.
    To consume laboriously; -- with away.
    “Rise to our toils and drudge away the day.” — Otway.
03 n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant.
  1. 1.
    One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant.