Associations to the word «Plodding»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PLOD, noun. A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
PLOD, verb. (intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
PLOD, verb. (transitive) To trudge over or through.
PLOD, verb. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
PLOD, noun. (obsolete) A puddle.
PLOD, noun. (UK) (mildly derogatory) (uncountable) (usually with "the") the police, police officers
PLOD, noun. (UK) (mildly derogatory) (countable) a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
Dictionary definition
PLOD, noun. The act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere".
PLOD, verb. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.