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- Dictionaryplod/plɒd/
verb
- 1. walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps: "we plodded back up the hill" Similar
noun
- 1. a slow, heavy walk: "he settled down to a steady plod"
- 2. a police officer: informal British "a bunch of plods arrived, offering me a lift to the cop shop"
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Examples of plodded. plodded. The ice was covered with deep, soft snow, making this a strenuous task, and all night they plodded to and fro. From the Cambridge English Corpus. I plodded through them, page by page, name after name, all six volumes, making a short list of those who matched at least two of my criteria.
1. : to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge. 2. a. : to walk heavily or slowly : trudge. b. : to proceed slowly or tediously. the movie's plot just plods along. transitive verb.
PLODDED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of plod 2. past simple and past participle of plod. Learn more.
to work slowly and continuously, but without imagination, enthusiasm, or interest: For years, he's plodded away at the same dull routine job. Alex is just plodding along at school, making very little progress. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. to make (one's way) or walk along (a path, road, etc) with heavy usually slow steps. 2. ( intr) to work slowly and perseveringly. n. 3. the act of plodding. 4. the sound of slow heavy steps. 5. (Law) slang Brit a policeman. [C16: of imitative origin] ˈplodding adj. ˈploddingly adv.
Neil whistled at the bird, holding its attention until Anne plodded away to the showers.
1.verb. If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily. Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs. [VERB adverb/preposition] 2.verb. 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]
