Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plod"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
patiently. ``Plodding schoolmen.'' --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plod \Plod\, v. t.
To walk on slowly or heavily.
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plod
v : walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin"
D.H. Lawrence [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {trudge}, {pad},
{tramp}]
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