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plod
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- pronunciation:
- plad
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
plods, plodding, plodded |
| definition 1: |
to move slowly or heavily, as if with weariness or reluctance; trudge.
- synonyms:
- slog, toil, tramp, trudge
- antonyms:
- bustle
- similar words:
- crowd, drag, lumber, shuffle, trek
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| definition 2: |
to work continually on a monotonous or tedious task; toil; drudge.
- synonyms:
- drudge, grub, slave, slog, toil
- similar words:
- carry on, hammer, hold out, moil, peg away, persevere, plug along, struggle, sweat
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| related words: |
clump, jog, labor, toil, tramp, travail, walk, work, worry |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to move slowly or heavily over or along, as if with weariness or reluctance.
We plodded the long way home.- synonyms:
- trudge
- similar words:
- shuffle, tramp
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| related words: |
march |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of plodding.
- synonyms:
- tramp
- similar words:
- shuffle, tread, trudge
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| definition 2: |
the sound of slow heavy steps.
- synonyms:
- stump, tramp, tread
- similar words:
- footfall, footstep, trample
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| related words: |
tramp |
| derivations: |
ploddingly (adv.), plodder (n.) |
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