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.

 

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Plod, v. t.

To walk on slowly or heavily.

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.

 

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