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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.
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Plodder
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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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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