v. & n.
--v. (plodded, plodding)
1. intr. (often foll. by along, on, etc.) walk doggedly or laboriously; trudge.
2 intr. (often foll. by at) work slowly and steadily.
3 tr. tread or make (one's way) laboriously.
--n. the act or a spell of plodding.
Derivatives:
plodder n. ploddingly adv.
Etymology: 16th c.: prob. imit.