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English Dictionary: plodding	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for plodding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plodding adj (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: leaden, plodding] n hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork] the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" Synonym(s): plodding, plod
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plod \Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plodded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plodding}.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.] 1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. --Shak. 2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. [bd]Plodding schoolmen.[b8] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plodding \Plod"ding\, a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --{Plod"ding*ly}, adv.