verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to walk heavily over or along.
Origin:
1555–65; perhaps imitative
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
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| —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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But as you plod through the other stories, you feel too often that you are reading yesterday's papers.
Must plod along all night instead of being in a comfortable bed.
Compounding the slow responses was the necessity to plod through far too many mouse clicks to display a single chart.
Some zoom along the highway, while others plod past stop signs and red lights.
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