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plod

  [plod] verb, plod⋅ded, plod⋅ding, noun
Use plodding in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
5. the act or a course of plodding.
6. a sound of a heavy tread.
Origin:
1555–65; perh. imit.

Related forms:
plodder, noun
plod⋅ding⋅ly, adverb
plod⋅ding⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See pace 1 . 3. toil, moil, labor.
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plod   (plŏd)   
v.   plod·ded, plod·ding, plods

v.   intr.

  1. To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge: "donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin" (D.H. Lawrence).

  2. To work or act perseveringly or monotonously; drudge: plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

v.   tr.
To trudge along or over.
n.  

  1. The act of moving or walking heavily and slowly.

  2. The sound made by a heavy step.


[Perhaps imitative.]
plod'der n., plod'ding·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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