plodding as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
plod as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
plodding
noun
1 plodding
Hard monotonous routine work.
synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind.
Roget 604a:
perseverance;
continuance
etc.
(inaction)
143;
permanence
etc.
(absence of change)
141;
firmness
etc.
(stability)
150.
constancy,
steadiness;
singleness of purpose,
tenacity of purpose;
persistence,
plodding,
patience;
sedulity
etc.
(industry)
682;
pertinacy†,
pertinacity,
pertinaciousness;
iteration
etc.
104;
bottom,
game,
pluck,
stamina,
backbone,
grit;
indefatigability,
indefatigableness;
bulldog courage.
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Dutch: koeliewerk, monnikenwerk, slavenarbeid
Polish: harówka, orka, krwawica, katorga
adjective
1 plodding
of movement Slow and laborious.
synonym: leaden.
Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 843:
dull,
dull as ditch water;
unentertaining,
uninteresting,
flat,
dry as dust;
unfunny,
unlively†,
logy [U.S.];
unimaginative;
insulse†;
dry as dust;
prosy,
prosing,
prosaic;
matter of fact,
commonplace,
pedestrian,
pointless;
weary stale flat and unprofitable"
[Hamlet].
stupid,
slow,
flat,
insipid,
vapid,
humdrum,
monotonous;
melancholic
etc.
837;
stolid
etc.
499;
plodding.
boring,
tiresome,
tedious
etc.
841.
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Roget 604a:
persevering,
constant;
steady,
steadfast;
undeviating,
unwavering,
unfaltering,
unswerving,
unflinching,
unsleeping†,
unflagging,
undrooping†;
steady as time;
unrelenting,
unintermitting†,
unremitting;
plodding;
industrious
etc.
682;
strenuous
etc.
686;
pertinacious;
persisting,
persistent.
solid,
sturdy,
staunch,
stanch,
true to oneself;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
unconquerable
etc.
(strong)
159;
indomitable,
game to the last,
indefatigable,
untiring,
unwearied,
never tiring.
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plod
noun
1 plod
The act of walking with a slow heavy gait:
— I could recognize his plod anywhere.
synonym: plodding.
verb
1 plod
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud:
— Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone.
synonyms: footslog, pad, slog, tramp, trudge.
Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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Roget 275:
move slowly
etc.
adv.;
creep,
crawl,
lag,
slug,
drawl,
linger,
loiter,
saunter;
plod,
trudge,
stump along,
lumber;
trail,
drag;
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683;
grovel,
worm one's way,
steal along;
job on,
rub on,
bundle on;
toddle,
waddle,
wabble†,
slug,
traipse,
slouch,
shuffle,
halt,
hobble,
limp,
caludicate†,
shamble;
flag,
falter,
trotter,
stagger;
mince,
step short;
march in slow time,
march in funeral procession;
take one's time;
hang fire
etc.
(be late)
133.
retard,
relax;
slacken,
check,
moderate,
rein in,
curb;
reef;
strike sail,
shorten sail,
take in sail;
put on the drag,
apply the brake;
clip the wings;
reduce the speed;
slacken speed,
slacken one's pace;
lose ground.
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Roget 604a:
persevere,
persist;
hold on,
hold out;
die in the last ditch,
be in at the death;
stick to,
cling to,
adhere to;
stick to one's text,
keep on;
keep to one's course,
keep to one's ground,
maintain one's course,
maintain one's ground;
go all lengths,
go through fire and water;
bear up,
keep up,
hold up;
plod;
stick to work
etc.
(work)
686;
continue
etc.
143;
follow up;
die in harness,
die at one's post.
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Roget 682:
be active
etc.
adj.;
busy oneself in;
stir,
stir about,
stir one's stumps;
bestir oneself,
rouse oneself;
speed,
hasten,
peg away,
lay about one,
bustle,
fuss;
raise up,
kick up a dust;
push;
make a push,
make a fuss,
make a stir;
go ahead,
push forward;
fight one's way,
elbow one's way;
make progress
etc.
282;
toll
etc.
(labor)
686;
plod,
persist
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
keep up the ball,
keep the pot boiling.
look sharp;
have all one's eyes about one
etc.
(vigilance)
459;
rise,
arouse oneself,
hustle,
get up early,
be about,
keep moving,
steal a march,
kill two birds with one stone;
seize the opportunity
etc.
134,
lose no time,
not lose a moment,
make the most of one's time,
not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet,
improve the shining hour,
make short work of;
dash off;
make haste
etc.
684;
do one's best take pains
etc.
(exert oneself)
686;
do wonders,
work wonders.
have many irons in the fire,
have one's hands full,
have much on one's hands;
have other things to do,
have other fish to fry;
be busy;
not have a moment to spare,
not have a moment that one can call one's own.
have one's fling,
run the round of;
go all lengths,
stick at nothing,
run riot.
outdo;
overdo,
overact,
overlay,
overshoot the mark;
make a toil of a pleasure.
have a hand in
etc.
(act in)
680;
take an active part,
put in one's oar,
have a finger in the pie,
mix oneself up with,
trouble,
one's head about,
intrigue;
agitate.
tamper with,
meddle,
moil;
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose;
obtrude;
poke one's nose in,
thrust one's nose in.
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Dutch: sjokken, sloffen, sukkelen
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