Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - plod
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Plod
plod
~ v plodded, plodding 1 to walk along slowly, especially with difficulty and great effort; trudge1 + through/along etc (The children were plodding through the snow. | The mule plodded up the hill.) 2 plod on/along to keep working steadily, especially at something that is uninteresting or difficult (I'll just plod on for another hour or so.)
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1.
(plods, plodding, plodded) 1. If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily. Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs. VERB: V adv/prep 2. If you say that someone plods on or plods along with a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time. He is plodding on with negotiations... Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace. VERB: V adv, V adv ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb (~ded; ~ding) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1562 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 just ~s along transitive verb to tread slowly or heavily along or over • ~ noun • ~der noun • ~dingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v. & n. --v. (plodded, plodding) 1 intr. (often foll. by along, on, etc.) walk doggedly or laboriously; trudge. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) work slowly and steadily. 3 tr. tread or make (one's way) laboriously. --n. the act or a spell of plodding. Derivatives plodder n. ploddingly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. тяжелая походка, поступь 2. звук тяжелых шагов 3. тяжелый, трудный путь 4. нудная, тяжелая работа 5. брести, (с трудом) тащиться (также plod on, plod along) to plod under the weight of a burden —- едва тащиться под тяжестью ноши 6. упорно работать, корпеть (над чем-л.; также plod away) he plodded away at Greek grammar —- он упорно работал над греческой грамматикой plodding through stacks of unanswered mail —- разбирая груды писем, на которые он еще не ответил ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
1. noun 1) тяжелая походка 2) тяжелый путь 3) тяжелая работа 2. v. 1) брести, тащиться (тж. plod on, plod along); идти, двигаться тяжело без остановок; We plodded under the weight of a burden. All that we could hear were the footsteps of the local policeman plodding along. 2) упорно работать, корпеть (тж. plod away); By plodding away at writing, Tom soon got the book finished. ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
- 1562, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of walking heavily or slowly. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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