plod

plod  (pld)

v. plod·ded, plod·ding, plods

v.intr.

1. To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge: "donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin" (D.H. Lawrence).

2. To work or act perseveringly or monotonously; drudge: plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

v.tr.

To trudge along or over.

n.

1. The act of moving or walking heavily and slowly.

2. The sound made by a heavy step.

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[Perhaps imitative.]

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plodder n.

plodding·ly adv.

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plod [plɒd]

vb plods, plodding, plodded

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

1. the act of plodding

2. the sound of slow heavy steps

3. (Law) Brit slang a policeman

[of imitative origin]

plodding  adj

ploddingly  adv

ploddingness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plod - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" plodding walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
Verb	1.	plod - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" footslog, trudge, pad, slog, tramp walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" squish, slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

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plod

verb

1. trudge, drag, tread, clump, lumber, tramp, stomp (informal), slog He plodded slowly up the hill.

2. slog away, labour, grind away (informal), toil, grub, persevere, soldier on, plough through, plug away (informal), drudge, peg away He is still plodding away at the same job.

Translations

plod [plɒd]

A. N

1. to go at a steady plod → caminar a un ritmo lento pero constante

2. it's a long plod to the village → hay mucho camino hasta llegar al pueblo

B. VT we plodded our way homeward → volvimos penosamente hacia casa

C. VI

1. (lit) → andar con paso pesado
to plod along or on → ir andando con paso lento
keep plodding! → ¡ánimo!, ¡no os dejéis desanimar!

2. (fig) (at work etc) to plod away at a task → seguir dándole a un trabajo
we must plod on → tenemos que seguir trabajando

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plod [ˈplɒd] vi (= trudge) → se traîner
to plod up the stairs → se traîner en haut de l'escalier

plod along

vi

(= trudge) → se traîner

(fig) → se traîner

plod on

vi

(= trudge) → se traîner

(fig) → se traîner

plod on with

vt fus [+ work, negotiations] → s'évertuer à faire avancer

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plod

n → Trott m, → Zockeltrab m (inf); a steady plod → ein gleichmäßiger Trott

vi

(= trudge) → trotten, zockeln (inf); to plod up a hill → einen Hügel hinaufstapfen; to plod along or on → weiterstapfen; to plod in/out → herein-/hinausstapfen

(fig: in work etc) → sich abmühen or abplagen or herumquälen; to plod away at something → sich mit etw abmühen etc; to plod on → sich weiterkämpfen, sich durchkämpfen; I’ve already plodded through 200 pages of this document → ich habe mich schon durch 200 Seiten dieses Dokuments gekämpft

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plod [plɒd] vi to plod up/down → trascinarsi su per/giù per
to plod away at sth (fig) → sgobbare su qc
we must plod on (fig) → dobbiamo farci forza e tirare avanti

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plod

v plod [plod]

1 to walk heavily and slowly The elderly man plodded down the street. stadig stap يَمْشي بِتَثاقُل мъкна се vléci se sjokke schwerfällig gehen περπατώ βαριά και με κόπο andar con paso pesado koperdama لک و لک کنان راه رفتن raahustaa marcher lourdement/péniblement לְהִשתָרֵך בִכבדוּת घिसट कर चलना klipsati,teški hod vánszorog berjalan pelahan drattast arrancare とぼとぼ歩く 터벅터벅 걷다 kėblinti, kiūtinti smagi soļot; lāčot; vilkties melangkah berat sjokken traske, gå tungt/besværlig człapać, wlec się arrastar-se a se târî брести, тащиться vliecť sa s trudom hoditi tegliti se lunka, knoga, traska เดินก้าวเท้าหนัก ๆ güçlükle yürümek 沉重緩慢地走 брести через силу, чвалати بھاري قدموں سے چلنا đi khó nhọc 沉重缓慢地走

2 to work slowly but thoroughly They plodded on with the work. voortwerk يَكْدَح، يكِدُّ работя упорито mořit se arbejde langsomt videre sich abplagen μοχθώ, παιδεύομαι trabajar con esmero visalt tööd murdma آرام کار کردن puurtaa travailler laborieusement לְהִתקָדֵם לְאָט निरस काम करना naporan rad vesződik bekerja perlahan-lahan vinna hægt en vandvirknislega (procedere a fatica) こつこつ働く 열심히 꾸준히 하다 plušti smagi strādāt merangkak-rangkak ploeteren streve, slite mozolić się labutar a munci din greu упорно работать, корпеть moriť sa s trudom napredovati s mukom raditi streta, slita, knoga มานะอุตสาหะ zahmetle çalışmak 踏實苦幹 уперто працювати; длубатися آہستہ ليکن محنت سے کام کرنا cần cù 踏实苦干