Plod v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. “Plodding schoolmen.”
Plod·ding a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod*ding*ly, adv.
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plod
v : walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog,
footslog, trudge, pad, tramp]
[also: plodding, plodded]
plodding
adj : (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: leaden]
n 1: hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, grind, donkeywork]
2: the act of walking with a slow heavy gait