I. ˈpläd verb
( plodded ; plodded ; plodding ; plods )
Etymology: imitative
intransitive verb
1. : to walk heavily : move or travel slowly but steadily : trudge
cows … plodding past a gate to be milked — Andrew Buchanan
wayfarers … plod on for miles without speech — Thomas Hardy
a caravan plods across the sweeping sands — University of Arizona Record
2. : to work laboriously, steadily, and monotonously : drudge
plodded straight ahead, doing over and over some appointed task — Sherwood Anderson
transitive verb
1. obsolete : plot
2. : to tread (as a path, a course) slowly or heavily
the plowman homeward plods his weary way — Thomas Gray
plodded his way back — Herman Wouk
3. : to pass (milled soap) through a plodder
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a plodding walk
the fathers set off … by the usual way, a tedious plod — G.W.Murray
2. : the sound of a heavy tread (as that of a horse) : tramp
the tired plod of his step — Donn Byrne