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verb

Plod v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily. "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way."

Plod v. i. (past & past part. plodded; pres. part. plodding)

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen."

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Etymology of 'Plod'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plod" Quotes from Famous Books

... the shoddy goods And plod and plot and plan, And if you win the paltry prize Go prize it—if you can, But I would hurl it in your face To hold myself ...

— Bars and Shadows • Ralph Chaplin

... my humble feet did plod, My bosom beating with the glow of song; And high-born fancy walk'd with me along, Treading ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 343, November 29, 1828 • Various

... altogether well fitted by his tailor. His face was not unlike that of an otter. He used grand words when he spoke, but did not tire his companions by quite as voluble a tongue as did his mother. He was one of those fine gentlemen who would, or could neither plod nor dash at his studies, and who was quite willing to take all his knowledge second hand from any one who would kindly ...

— Gladys, the Reaper • Anne Beale

... written on poor Methuen's. So you must figure to yourself a small army, an army almost all infantry, and an army tied to the railway on this march; and if we bring off no brilliant strategy, but simply plod on and take hard knocks, well, what else, I ask, under ...

— With Rimington • L. March Phillipps

... Auersperg had gone in that direction with Julie, and he meant to find her. But how? He prayed silently for the coming of Lannes with the Arrow. For such a search as this the swift aeroplane could serve while one might plod in vain over the ground. Lannes would come before the next night! He must come! If he had made an appointment for such a meeting nothing could delay him ...

— The Hosts of the Air • Joseph A. Altsheler

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