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Meanings of plod in English

Catalan
caminar de puntetes

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.

caminar de puntetes

The act of walking with a slow heavy gait.

Synonyms
Examples for "pad"
Examples for "pad"
1
Would that work? Eric held a pen over a pad of paper.
Dead air
2
Reporters will, however, only have a pen and pad to work on.
Reuters
3
Forty-five years ago, Rione said, her eyes on her data pad again.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
4
That much is true, right? She eased the pad back to him.
Raging Heat
5
Rae set aside the pad of paper and glanced at the clock.
God's gift
1
Workers no longer tramp or cycle home but drive warm, smart cars.
The Irish Times
2
Presently the heavy tramp of the patrol was heard in the street.
The Golden Dog
3
The General rose, and once more his military tramp shook the gallery.
Monsieur de Camors — Complete
4
At this instant the tramp of horses was heard in the courtyard.
The Commission in Lunacy
5
He heard the tramp of a million feet in the great cities.
New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
1
It means everyone involved questioning whether the hard slog is worth it.
The Irish Times
2
So how come cycling in Ireland is still such a hard slog?
The Irish Times
3
He always judges how good a team is by that 38-game slog.
The Guardian
4
It was a slog; I began before iTunes, using its precursor SoundJam.
The Guardian
5
As I write that Trott tries a slog-sweep, but no damage done.
The Guardian
1
As he turned to trudge back to the station house he said.
The new yorker
2
It was a slow, painful trudge lower from there, Mr Capolingua said.
News.com.au
3
Joel put his hands in his pockets and started to trudge home.
Shadows in the twilight
4
Elsa permitted her broncho to trudge at the tail of the column.
The Furnace of Gold
5
Others trudge from store to store until they find what they need.
Reuters
1
His father, Aime had long since been converted from the tradition of the tiresome footslog.
The Irish Times
Usage of plod in English
1
So for the first three days we plod south and then eastward.
Waiting for the Barbarians
2
As it was, he would have to plod along the muddy path.
The hangman's daughter
3
There were muddy roads to plod through and treacherous sloughs to cross.
The Eagle's Heart
4
If you are dull, remember the inch-worm, take courage, and plod away.
Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls
5
Finally it came to him, immensely remote, a rhythmic plod, plod, plod.
The Devil's Garden
6
How far did the man expect her to plod to meet him?
Under the Red Robe
7
They watched the squad in blue, now afoot, plod on down the road.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
8
The soft but rapid plod of galloping hoofs came out of the distance.
The Forfeit
9
And yet on we plod, a nation in the slow lane even here.
The Guardian
10
Broad continues to plod forward to deadbat the ball down to the ground.
The Guardian
11
Travellers have to plod through the wilderness as they best can.
Away in the Wilderness
12
We plod single file like four freaked-out Navahos stalking Custer's army.
The Book of Skulls
13
She simply seemed to absorb, without taking the trouble to plod.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
14
There was nothing for us to do but plod along-andthis we did.
A Tramp Abroad
15
They must still continue to plod on across this weary steppe on foot.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
16
Sometimes we had to plod through piles of coarse, porous cinders.
Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii
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Plod through the time
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