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Princeton's WordNet
plodding, plodverb
the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
"I could recognize his plod anywhere"
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, trampverb
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To PLODverb
Etymology: ploeghen, Dutch. Skinner.
A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey’s end, than a fluttering way of advancing by starts. Roger L'Estrange.
He knows better than any man, what is not to be written; and never hazards himself so far as to fall, but plods on deliberately, and, as a grave man ought, puts his staff before him. John Dryden, State of Innocence.
Th’ unletter’d christian, who believes in gross,
Plods on to heav’n, and ne’er is at a loss. Dryden.Rogues, plod away o’ the hoof, seek shelter, pack. Sha.
If one of mean affairs
May plod it in a week, why may not I
Glide thither in a day. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.Hast thou not held my stirrup?
Bare-headed, plodded by my foot-cloth mule,
And thought thee happy when I shook my head? William Shakespeare.Ambitious love hath so in me offended,
That barefoot plod I the cold ground upon,
With sainted vow my faults to have amended. William Shakespeare.Universal plodding prisons up
The nimble spirits in the arteries;
As motion and long-during action tires
The sinewy vigour of the traveller. William Shakespeare.He plods to turn his am’rous suit
T’ a plea in law, and prosecute. Hudibras, p. iii.She reason’d without plodding long,
Nor ever gave her judgment wrong. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.
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plod
To plod means to walk or move slowly and heavily, typically due to physical exertion or with a great effort. It can also refer to working slowly or persevering in a slow and steady manner in an often unexciting task.
Webster Dictionary
Plodverb
to travel slowly but steadily; to trudge
Plodverb
to toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently
Plodverb
to walk on slowly or heavily
Etymology: [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Plod
plod, v.i. to travel slowly and steadily: to study or work on steadily: to toil.—v.t. to get along by slow and heavy walking:—pr.p. plod′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. plod′ded.—n. Plod′der, one who plods on: a dull, heavy, laborious man.—adj. Plod′ding, laborious but slow.—n. slow movement: patient study.—adv. Plod′dingly. [Orig. 'to wade through pools,' from Ir. plod, a pool.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of plod in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of plod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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