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plodding |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. ``Plodding schoolmen.'' --Drayton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plodding \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 sow heavy gait
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