Meaning of PLOD
| Pronunciation: | | plâd
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| | Definition: | | [v] walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence |
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| | Synonyms: | | footslog, pad, slog, tramp, trudge |
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| | See Also: | | slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plodded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plodding}.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike
or pelt with a clod or clods.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. --Shak.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
patiently. ``Plodding schoolmen.'' --Drayton.
\Plod\, v. t.
To walk on slowly or heavily.
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. --Gray.
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| | Related Terms: | | amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, chug on, claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dig, dogtrot, drag, drudge, fag, flounce, flounder, foot, footpace, footslog, funeral march, grind, grub, halt, hammer, hammer away, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jog on, jog trot, jolt, jump, keep doggedly at, labor, leisurely gait, limp, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, moil, muck, pace, paddle, peg, peg away, piaffe, piaffer, plod along, plug, plug along, plug at, plug away, pound away, prance, rack, roll, rub on, sashay, saunter, schlep, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slave, slink, slither, slog, slog away, slop, slouch, slow march, slow motion, stagger, stalk, stamp, stodge, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toil, totter, traipse, tramp, trample, trash, travail, tread, trip, trudge, waddle, wade through, walk, wallow, wamble, wiggle, wobble, work, work away |
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