Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
plodding, plod
(noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; “I could recognize his plod anywhere”
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp
(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plod (uncountable)
A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
plod (third-person singular simple present plods, present participle plodding, simple past and past participle plodded)
(intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
(transitive) To trudge over or through.
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
plod (plural plods)
(obsolete) A puddle.
plod (usually uncountable, plural plods)
(UK, mildly, derogatory, uncountable, usually with "the") the police, police officers
(UK, mildly, derogatory, countable) a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
• (the police): See Thesaurus:police
• (police officer): See Thesaurus:police officer
Source: Wiktionary
Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] Etym: [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.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.
Plod, v. t.
Definition: To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.