plodding

  • 11plodding — I noun 1. hard monotonous routine work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑drudgery, ↑grind, ↑donkeywork • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind (for: ↑ …

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  • 12plodding along — advancing slowly, moving at a slow pace …

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  • 13Ploddingly — Plodding Plod ding, a. 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Ningbo dialect — 寧波閒話 Spoken in People s Republic of China Region Ningbo, Zhejiang province Ethnicity Ningbo peop …

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  • 15plod — [[t]plɒ̱d[/t]] plods, plodding, plodded 1) VERB If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily. [V adv/prep] Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs. 2) VERB If you say that someone plods on or plods along with …

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  • 16Benjamin N. Cardozo — Infobox Judge name = Benjamin N. Cardozo imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = March 14 1932 termend = July 9 1938 nominator = Herbert Hoover appointer = predecessor = Oliver Wendell… …

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  • 17Perseverance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Perseverance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 perseverance perseverance Sgm: N 1 continuance continuance &c.(inaction) 143 Sgm: N 1 permanence permanence &c.(absence of change) 141 Sgm: N 1 firmness firmness &c.(stability) …

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  • 18plod — I. /plɒd / (say plod) verb (plodded, plodding) –verb (i) 1. to walk heavily; trudge; move laboriously. 2. to work with dull perseverance; drudge. –verb (t) 3. to walk heavily over or along. –noun 4. the act or a course of plodding. 5. a sound of… …

  • 19Plod — Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plodded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plodding}.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To toil; to drudge; especially,… …

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  • 20Plodded — Plod Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plodded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plodding}.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To toil; to drudge;… …

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