drudgery

«drudgery» in Mova's school dictionary: hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Drudgery is hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a poor servant or a child is made to do heavy, tiring jobs for little or no thanks

examples

• Washing up every night is drudgery. tree →
• The poor boy was kept busy with endless drudgery. tree →
• Cleaning all the floors by hand is hard drudgery. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drudgery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.