What part of speech is plodding?

Plodding can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. plodding is a verb, gerund of plod (infinitive).
  • 2. plodding is a noun, singular of ploddings.
  • 3. plodding is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more plodding
    most plodding
  • Positive: plodding 
  • Comparative: more plodding
  • Superlative: most plodding

Adjective to adverb

What does plodding mean?

Definitions

Adjective

plodding - Progressing slowly and laboriously.

Verb

plod - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

Noun

plodding - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere"
plodding - hard monotonous routine work

Examples of plodding

#   Sentence  
1. verb The old man was plodding along.
2. noun I could recognize his plod anywhere.
Sentence  
verb
The old man was plodding along.
noun
I could recognize his plod anywhere.

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