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plodding

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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.

[Perhaps imitative.]

plodder n.
plodding·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ploddingplodding - hard monotonous routine work        
toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
2.plodding - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere"
walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
Adj.1.plodding - (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
effortful - requiring great physical effort
Translations

plodding [ˈplɔdɪŋ] adj [student] → empollón/ona; [worker] → más aplicado que brillante
plodding [ˈplɔdɪŋ] adjpesant(e)
plodding [ˈplɔdɪŋ] adjlento/a e pesante


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Sitting on the heavy potato wagons, wrapped in fog, feet stinging from inactivity, the horses plodding slowly along the deep road through the sandhills, one bright vision made the way never too long.
The modern steamship advances upon a still and overshadowed sea with a pulsating tremor of her frame, an occasional clang in her depths, as if she had an iron heart in her iron body; with a thudding rhythm in her progress and the regular beat of her propeller, heard afar in the night with an august and plodding sound as of the march of an inevitable future.
Ethel Marr was admitted by all competent judges to have the most stylish modes of hair-dressing, and Jane Andrews--plain, plodding, conscientious Jane--carried off the honors in the domestic science course.
 
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