MEANING
1. To move slowly with heavy, steady steps.
2. To proceed with tedious or laborious work at a steady pace.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- plod along
- plod through snow
On the page
The animal plodded along beneath its load.
She plodded through snow while rehearsing the explanation.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- plod
- Past tense
- ploded
- Past participle
- ploded
- Present participle
- ploding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- plod
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ploding
- Present perfect
- have/has ploded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ploding
- Past
- ploded
- Past continuous
- was/were ploding
- Past perfect
- had ploded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ploding
- Future
- will plod
- Future continuous
- will be ploding
- Future perfect
- will have ploded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ploding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: plod; plods; ploded; ploded; ploding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: plods.
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