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  • 25plod — plodder, n. ploddingly, adv. ploddingness, n. /plod/, v., plodded, plodding, n. v.i. 1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden. 2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in… …

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  • 26Activity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Activity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 activity activity Sgm: N 1 briskness briskness liveliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 animation animation life vivacity spirit dash energy …

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  • 27Dullness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dullness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dullness dullness heaviness flatness Sgm: N 1 infestivity infestivity &c. 837 stupidity &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 want of originality want of originality Sgm: N 1 dearth of ideas …

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  • 28plod — [plɔd US pla:d] v past tense and past participle plodded present participle plodding [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound or the action] [I always + adverb/preposition] to walk along slowly, especially when this is difficult plod… …

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  • 29plod — verb (plods, plodding, plodded) walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps. ↘work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task. noun 1》 a slow, heavy walk. 2》 (also PC Plod) Brit. informal a police officer. Derivatives plodder noun plodding …

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  • 30plod — verb plodded, plodding 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk along slowly, especially with difficulty and great effort; trudge 1 (+ through/along etc): The children were plodding through the snow. | The mule plodded up the hill. 2 plod… …

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