Plodded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
        patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." --Drayton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plod
       v : walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
           "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: {slog},
            {footslog}, {trudge}, {pad}, {tramp}]
       [also: {plodding}, {plodded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plodded
       See {plod}