leaden, plodding
(adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious; “leaden steps”
plodding, plod
(noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; “I could recognize his plod anywhere”
drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork
(noun) hard monotonous routine work
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
plodding
present participle of plod
plodding (comparative more plodding, superlative most plodding)
Progressing slowly and laboriously.
plodding (countable and uncountable, plural ploddings)
Slow, laborious progress.
I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow.
Source: Wiktionary
Plod"ding, a.
Definition: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.
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
21 February 2025
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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