plod

plod
plodder, n.ploddingly, adv.ploddingness, n.
/plod/, v., plodded, plodding, n.
v.i.
1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act.
3. to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.
v.t.
4. to walk heavily over or along.
n.
5. the act or a course of plodding.
6. a sound of a heavy tread.
[1555-65; perh. imit.]
Syn. 1. See pace1. 3. toil, moil, labor.

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