plod

Meaning

Noun

A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
2. (transitive) To trudge over or through.
3. (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
4. (transitive) To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

Synonyms

trudge

walk slowly

slog

fag

tramp

walk heavily

footslog

shamble

trudge along

trail along

lumber

pad

scuff

plodding

drag oneself along

dradgery

drudgery

gradually

plug

shuffle

slave

slouch

toil

trot

walk

🚶

truge

start wandering

drudge

Translations

trotten

schuften

arrancare

μοχθώ

cheminer

stapfen

bosser

tapsen

sich abplagen

βαδίζω επιμονώς

اجتهد

ackern

δουλεύω αργά

schlendern

sich schleppen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɒd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *plodden

Cognate with Scots: plod

Cognate with Dutch: plodden

Cognate with German: ploddern

Cognate with Danish: pladder

In summary

From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).