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plod |
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]: Plod \Plod\, v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plod v : walk heavily, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {trudge}, {pad}]
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