plod
To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriouslyTo walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
» The old man was plodding along.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
stapfen
тащи́тьсяtaščítʹsja, брести́brestí, плести́сьplestísʹ
чвалатиčvalaty, брестиbresty
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
(transitive)To trudge over or through.
(intransitive)To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
On Sundays I keep plodding along at my job.
(transitive)To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.
Examples
6 sentencesThe old man was plodding along.
He's plodding along.
Every day Tom plods into work.
I have to plod through this material and remember the most important information and dates.
He goes cheerfully from one end of France to the other, singing as he plods along.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splFrom Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).
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Forms
plods, plodding, plodded, ploddedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle