Laboriously
101laborious — adjective Date: 14th century 1. devoted to labor ; industrious 2. involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort ; labored • laboriously adverb • laboriousness noun …
102plod — verb (plodded; plodding) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1562 intransitive verb 1. to work laboriously and monotonously ; drudge 2. a. to walk heavily or slowly ; trudge b. to proceed slowly or tediou …
103crawl — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse krafla Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs < the snake crawled into its hole > 2. to move or progress slowly or… …
104dig — I. verb (dug; digging) Etymology: Middle English diggen Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to break up, turn, or loosen (as earth) with an implement b. to prepare the soil of < dig a garden > 2 …
105drag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dragge, probably from Middle Low German draggen grapnel; akin to Old English dragan to draw more at draw Date: 14th century 1. something used to drag with; especially a device for dragging under water to detect… …
106lug — I. verb (lugged; lugging) Etymology: Middle English luggen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugga to pull by the hair Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. drag, pull 2. to carry laboriously <… …
107plow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plōh hide of land; akin to Old High German pfluog plow Date: 12th century 1. an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed 2. any of various devices (as a… …
108trudge — I. verb (trudged; trudging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1547 intransitive verb to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously < trudged through deep snow > transitive verb to trudge along or over • trudger noun …
109tug — I. verb (tugged; tugging) Etymology: Middle English tuggen; akin to Old English togian to pull more at tow Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to pull hard 2. to struggle in opposition ; contend 3. to …
110work — I. noun Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varəzem activity Date: before 12th century 1. activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform… …
