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plod

[ plod ]

verb (used without object)

, plod·ded, plod·ding.
  1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge:

    to plod under the weight of a burden.

  2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner:

    The play just plodded along in the second act.

  3. to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.

    Synonyms: labor, moil, toil



verb (used with object)

, plod·ded, plod·ding.
  1. to walk heavily over or along.

noun

  1. the act or a course of plodding.
  2. a sound of a heavy tread.

plod

/ plɒd /

verb

  1. to make (one's way) or walk along (a path, road, etc) with heavy usually slow steps
  2. intr to work slowly and perseveringly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act of plodding
  2. the sound of slow heavy steps
  3. slang.
    a policeman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈplodding, adjective
  • ˈploddingly, adverb
  • ˈploddingness, noun
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Other Words From

  • plodder noun
  • plodding·ly adverb
  • plodding·ness noun
  • outplod verb (used with object) outplodded outplodding
  • un·plodding adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plod1

First recorded in 1555–65; perhaps imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plod1

C16: of imitative origin
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Synonym Study

See pace 1.
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Example Sentences

He was slower than the rest, less imaginative, and he tended to plod a bit.

As the animal's heavy feet plod over the ground, worms and insects come to the surface.

Here was no two-miles plod back again over the burning asphalt, slackening every nerve that had been braced up by the bathe.

Oh, the weariness of that eternal plod through the rough grassy ground, the coldness, the interminable darkness!

But at a slow pace it was possible to plod on without undue exhaustion.

For such a search as this the swift aeroplane could serve while one might plod in vain over the ground.

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