outplod

verb (used without object)

to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.

to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act.

to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.

verb (used with object)

to walk heavily over or along.

noun

the act or a course of plodding.

a sound of a heavy tread.

Origin:
1555–65; perhaps imitative

Related forms

plod·der, noun

plod·ding·ly, adverb

plod·ding·ness, noun

out·plod, verb (used with object), out·plod·ded, out·plod·ding.

un·plod·ding, adjective

Synonyms
1. See pace¹. 3. toil, moil, labor.

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plod (plɒd)

—vb , plods, plodding, plodded
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

—n
3.	the act of plodding
4.	the sound of slow heavy steps
5.	slang (Brit) a policeman

[C16: of imitative origin]

'plodding

—*adj*

'ploddingly

—*adv*

'ploddingness

—n

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Word Origin & History

plod

1562, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of walking heavily or slowly. Plodding "diligent and dull" is attested from 1589.

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