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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Plod

/pläd/ · IPA /plɑd/
01 v. i. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding
  1. 1.
    To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
  2. 2.
    To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
02 v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily.
  1. 1.
    To walk on slowly or heavily.
    “The ploughman homeward plods his weary way.” Gray.