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单词 plodding
释义

plod

verb

ˈpläd How to pronounce plod (audio)
plodded; plodding

intransitive verb

1
: to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge
2
a
: to walk heavily or slowly : trudge
b
: to proceed slowly or tediously
the movie's plot just plods along

transitive verb

: to tread slowly or heavily along or over
plod noun
plodder noun
ploddingly
ˈplä-diŋ-lē How to pronounce plod (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • bang away
  • beaver (away)
  • dig (away)
  • drudge
  • endeavor
  • fag
  • grub
  • hump
  • hustle
  • labor
  • moil
  • peg (away)
  • plow
  • plug
  • slave
  • slog
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • sweat
  • toil
  • travail
  • tug
  • work
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Example Sentences

We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles. I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment. We plodded our way across the muddy field. He plodded through his work. The day was plodding along.
Recent Examples on the Web And if there is no path for crypto out of its winter, a potential next step is to plod along as a curiosity in the evolutionary history of money. Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 2 Aug. 2022 Through it all, London remains utterly dominant; the economy, the political class, and the country plod on. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022 Farmers plod along in tractors and push wheelbarrows full of hay, while soldiers rush by at high speed to avoid Russian targeting. Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Yet, for now, both are content to plod along in the shallows, ignoring the currents pulling events around them. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2022 Yet, there remains uncertainty as to whether that will happen as planned with the league’s owners continuing to lock out the players as the two sides plod toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 31 Jan. 2022 Yet, there remains uncertainty as to whether that will happen as planned with the league’s owners continuing to lock out the players as the two sides plod toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 31 Jan. 2022 Yet, there remains uncertainty as to whether that will happen as planned with the league’s owners continuing to lock out the players as the two sides plod toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 31 Jan. 2022 Yet, there remains uncertainty as to whether that will happen as planned with the league’s owners continuing to lock out the players as the two sides plod toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 31 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

plod

verb

ˈpläd How to pronounce plod (audio)
plodded; plodding
: to move or travel slowly but steadily

plodding 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in relentless

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • relentless
  • unremitting
  • unrelenting
  • persevering
  • dogged
  • steady
  • persistent
  • steadfast
  • stubborn
  • tenacious
  • unflinching
  • unabated
  • painstaking
  • unwavering
  • patient
  • unfaltering
  • determined
  • tireless
  • unfailing
  • indefatigable
  • unflagging
  • diligent
  • untiring
  • meticulous
  • pertinacious
  • assiduous
  • spirited
  • sedulous
  • laborious
  • vigorous
  • inexhaustible
  • busy
  • energetic
  • feverish
  • conscientious
  • dynamic
  • active
  • strenuous
  • slavish
  • weariless
  • intense
  • industrious
  • hard

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sluggish
  • lazy
  • listless
  • lackadaisical
  • slothful
  • indolent
  • shiftless
  • laggard
  • languid
  • desultory
  • spiritless
  • casual
  • apathetic
  • broken
  • beat
  • wearied
  • overworked
  • jaded
  • drained
  • enervated
  • spent
  • overtaxed
  • sapped
  • worn-out
  • burnt-out
  • burned-out
  • tuckered (out)
  • played out
  • done in
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2
as in ambling

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ambling
  • shuffling
  • heavy-footed
  • inching
  • lethargic
  • lingering
  • slow-footed
  • loitering
  • strolling
  • tarrying
  • loafing
  • slowing
  • inert
  • lounging
  • deliberate
  • dawdling
  • leisurely
  • dragging
  • pokey
  • inactive
  • decelerating
  • sluggish
  • creeping
  • unhurried
  • slow
  • crawling
  • dilatory
  • lagging
  • procrastinating
  • poky
  • snail-paced
  • laggard
  • languid
  • stalling
  • poking
  • measured
  • filibustering
  • dallying
  • tardy
  • dillydallying
  • snaillike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rapid
  • rushing
  • speedy
  • breakneck
  • brisk
  • swift
  • breathless
  • running
  • hasty
  • whirling
  • racing
  • hurrying
  • quick
  • snappy
  • fast
  • flying
  • lightning
  • speeding
  • dizzy
  • whirlwind
  • fleet
  • expeditious
  • meteoric
  • bolting
  • rocketing
  • scudding
  • ready
  • careering
  • scurrying
  • barreling
  • prompt
  • accelerated
  • zipping
  • scooting
  • hurried
  • rushed
  • quickened
  • warp-speed
  • whisking
  • hastened
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plodding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of plod
1
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort plodded night and day to get the assignment done

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • laboring
  • struggling
  • working
  • drudging
  • striving
  • toiling
  • slogging
  • trying
  • plowing
  • tugging
  • sweating
  • hustling
  • humping
  • travailing
  • moiling
  • slaving
  • endeavoring
  • grubbing
  • plugging
  • straining
  • fagging
  • banging away
  • sweating blood
  • trudging
  • digging (away)
  • pegging (away)
  • beavering (away)
  • attacking
  • driving
  • wading
  • scratching
  • essaying
  • pitching in
  • exercising
  • digging in
  • exerting
  • scrabbling
  • overexerting
  • knuckling down
  • overworking
  • eking out
  • buckling (down)
  • hammering (away)
  • applying (oneself)
  • putting out
  • grinding (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slackening
  • breaking
  • loafing
  • chilling
  • idling
  • easing (up)
  • shirking
  • lazing
  • lounging
  • resting
  • hanging (around or out)
  • dallying
  • bumming
  • lolling
  • relaxing
  • playing
  • letting up
  • unwinding
  • hacking (around)
  • dabbling
  • hanging
  • footling
  • slacking (off)
  • basking
  • dillydallying
  • goldbricking
  • goofing (off)
  • reposing
  • trifling
  • doodling
  • vegging out
  • fooling around
  • goofing (around)
  • puttering (around)
  • hanging about
  • monkeying (around)
  • pottering (around)
  • fribbling
  • messing around
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2
as in stumbling
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually oxen plodding through deep mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stumbling
  • struggling
  • trudging
  • blundering
  • shuffling
  • lumbering
  • floundering
  • limping
  • bumbling
  • lurching
  • jogging
  • fumbling
  • shambling
  • faltering
  • swaying
  • flogging
  • tottering
  • staggering
  • wallowing
  • reeling
  • muddling
  • weltering
  • teetering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • coasting
  • gliding
  • flying
  • zooming
  • zipping
  • sailing
  • kilting
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3
as in dragging
to move slowly plodded reluctantly off to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dragging
  • shuffling
  • crawling
  • creeping
  • slouching
  • limping
  • poking
  • inching
  • snailing
  • trudging
  • oozing
  • shambling
  • lumbering
  • nosing
  • creaking (along)
  • tramping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • flying
  • racing
  • speeding
  • whizzing
  • gliding
  • floating
  • sailing
  • zipping
  • tearing
  • hurrying
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4
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • shuffling
  • stumbling
  • stomping
  • trudging
  • shambling
  • lurching
  • lumbering
  • slogging
  • floundering
  • galumphing
  • sloughing
  • dragging
  • weaving
  • pounding
  • hauling
  • barging
  • tramping
  • scuffling
  • clumping
  • stumping
  • stamping
  • lumping
  • scuffing
  • staggering
  • tromping
  • blundering
  • swaying
  • flogging
  • waddling
  • doddering
  • flopping
  • tottering
  • wabbling
  • wobbling
  • reeling
  • careening
  • teetering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sliding
  • gliding
  • coasting
  • waltzing
  • drifting
  • floating
  • hovering
  • whisking
  • hanging
  • breezing
  • wafting
  • poising
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