The meaning of PLOD is to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge. How to use plod in a sentence.

PLOD definition: 1. to walk taking slow steps, as if your feet are heavy: 2. to work slowly and continuously, but…. Learn more.

Synonyms for PLOD: struggle, strive, labor, work, try, endeavor, toil, plow; Antonyms of PLOD: break, slacken, ease (up), let up, bum, lounge, laze, shirk

If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily. Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs. [VERB adverb/preposition] If you say that someone plods on or plods along with a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time. He is plodding on with negotiations. [VERB adverb]

When you plod, you walk slowly, heavily, and deliberately. You might need to plod through the snow to get to the bus stop on time. Plod evokes a difficulty in walking — like when you trudge …

to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge. plodded, plodding. to walk heavily over or along. the act or a course of plodding. a sound of a heavy tread. See pace 1.

Definition of plod verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired synonym trudge. + adv./prep. Our horses plodded down the muddy track. We plodded on through the rain. They plodded back up the hill again. plod your way + adv./prep.

1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge. 2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner. 3. to work with steady and monotonous perseverance; drudge. 4. to walk heavily over or along. n. 5. the act or a course of plodding. 6. a sound of a heavy tread. plod′der, n.

Mar 31, 2025 · plod (third-person singular simple present plods, present participle plodding, simple past and past participle plodded) ( intransitive ) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).

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