plod

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

the act of walking with a slow heavy gait“I could recognize his plod anywhere”Synonyms: plodding

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud“Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”Synonyms: slog footslog trudge pad tramp

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

Plod \Plod\, v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily. [1913 Webster]

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. --Gray. [1913 Webster]