Definition of plod Plod

/plɑˈd/ - [plad] - plod

We found 13 definitions of plod from 5 different sources.

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What does plod mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

plod - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere"
  plodding
  walking, walk the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

Verb

plods, plodding, plodded  

plod - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
  slog, footslog, trudge, pad, tramp
  walk obtain a base on balls
  squish, slosh, slop, splosh, squelch, splash put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • plod (v. i.)
    To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
  • plod (v. i.)
    To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • plod (v. t.)
    To walk on slowly or heavily.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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.]

Part of speech

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  • plod, verb, present, 1st person singular of plod (infinitive).
  • plod, verb (infinitive).
  • plod, noun, singular of plods.

Pronunciation

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