Plod \Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plodding.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike
or pelt with a clod or clods.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. --Shak.
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2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." --Drayton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
plodded
See plod
WordNet (r) 2.0
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