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Meaning of "plod" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLOD

Of imitative origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLOD

plod  [plɒd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plod is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plod in English.

WHAT DOES PLOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plod

Plod can refer to: ▪ In policing; ▪ Plod or P.C.Plod is a British slang term used to refer to a police officer, particularly one slow-witted or dull. A more recent variant is the plod, meaning the police force in general. The term originates from the character Mr. Plod, a police officer in the Noddy stories written by Enid Blyton. A variant is MOD PLOD, referring to the British Ministry of Defence Police clearly resulting from the above civilian slang. ▪ PLOD or P.L.O.D. is an acronym for Police Link Officers for Deaf people. Established in 1999 by the Hampshire Constabulary, Link Officers aim to promote equality of access to the police for deaf, deaf-blind, deafened and hard of hearing people. Similar schemes are being introduced by other police forces. ▪ Plod Sheet or Plod is a term used in the Australian mining industry, particularly in the context of drilling, referring to a “Daily Activity Sheet”, or written log of activity at a particular site or machine.

Definition of plod in the English dictionary

The first definition of plod in the dictionary is to make or walk along with heavy usually slow steps. Other definition of plod is to work slowly and perseveringly. Plod is also the act of plodding.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLOD

PRESENT

Present
I plod
you plod
he/she/it plods
we plod
you plod
they plod
Present continuous
I am plodding
you are plodding
he/she/it is plodding
we are plodding
you are plodding
they are plodding
Present perfect
I have plodded
you have plodded
he/she/it has plodded
we have plodded
you have plodded
they have plodded
Present perfect continuous
I have been plodding
you have been plodding
he/she/it has been plodding
we have been plodding
you have been plodding
they have been plodding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I plodded
you plodded
he/she/it plodded
we plodded
you plodded
they plodded
Past continuous
I was plodding
you were plodding
he/she/it was plodding
we were plodding
you were plodding
they were plodding
Past perfect
I had plodded
you had plodded
he/she/it had plodded
we had plodded
you had plodded
they had plodded
Past perfect continuous
I had been plodding
you had been plodding
he/she/it had been plodding
we had been plodding
you had been plodding
they had been plodding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will plod
you will plod
he/she/it will plod
we will plod
you will plod
they will plod
Future continuous
I will be plodding
you will be plodding
he/she/it will be plodding
we will be plodding
you will be plodding
they will be plodding
Future perfect
I will have plodded
you will have plodded
he/she/it will have plodded
we will have plodded
you will have plodded
they will have plodded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been plodding
you will have been plodding
he/she/it will have been plodding
we will have been plodding
you will have been plodding
they will have been plodding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would plod
you would plod
he/she/it would plod
we would plod
you would plod
they would plod
Conditional continuous
I would be plodding
you would be plodding
he/she/it would be plodding
we would be plodding
you would be plodding
they would be plodding
Conditional perfect
I would have plod
you would have plod
he/she/it would have plod
we would have plod
you would have plod
they would have plod
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been plodding
you would have been plodding
he/she/it would have been plodding
we would have been plodding
you would have been plodding
they would have been plodding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you plod
we let´s plod
you plod
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to plod
Past participle
plodded
Present Participle
plodding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLOD


allod
ˈælɒd
alod
ˈælɒd
clod
klɒd
livelod
ˈlaɪvlɒd
Lod
lɒd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLOD

ploat
plodded
plodder
plodding
ploddingly
ploddingness
plodge
Plomer
plonge
plonk
plonker
plonking
plonko
plook
plooky
plop
plopped
plopping
plosion
plosive

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLOD

Bacolod
blood
Bollywood
childhood
cod
flood
food
from the wood
god
good
Hollywood
hood
iPod
method
mod
neighborhood
od
period
pod
wood

Synonyms and antonyms of plod in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLOD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plod» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of plod
clump · drag · drudge · grub · labour · lumber · persevere · slog · soldier on · stomp · toil · tramp · tread · trudge

Translation of «plod» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLOD

Find out the translation of plod to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plod from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plod» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缓慢沉重地走
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caminar con paso pesado
570 millions of speakers

English

plod
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरंतर परिश्रम करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطوات متثاقلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тащатся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caminhar pesadamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঢিকিয়ে ঢিকিয়ে চলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avancer péniblement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plod
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trotten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重い足取りで歩く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

터벅터벅 걷다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plod
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm việc mệt nhọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வருந்திச் செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोखंडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır ilerlemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camminare a fatica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tyrać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тащаться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plod
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοχθώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gezwoeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Plod
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

traske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plod

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOD»

The term «plod» is regularly used and occupies the 56.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plod» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plod» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plod

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3 QUOTES WITH «PLOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plod.
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Michael Gambon
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.
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Amy Levy
We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God.
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Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLOD»

Discover the use of plod in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plod and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, ...
The turtle steadily walks forward, one foot at a time. Plod. Staying on the course. Plod. Plod. Not being distracted by the hare's taunting and side trips. Plod. Plod. Plod. Eventually, the turtle looks up and there's the finish line. And now, hundreds  ...
Vicki Davis, 2014
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
107, 1949 plinker noun an inexpensive, simply designed gun marketed for casual use us • — Ralph de Sola. Cn le Dictionary, p. 115, 1982 plod; plodder; PC Plod; Mr Plod; the plod noun a uniformed police officer; the police UK, 1977 Derives ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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THE LULWORTH TRIANGLE: WHERE PLOD FIGHTS THE WICKED PLOT AND ...
been short, the discourse had been short and he was short; that indeed was the long and the short of the whole matter. This was no favourable augury for a Plod surrounded and haunted by the ethereal and poignant reminders of times past, ...
Jim Warren, 2013
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A Guide to QTL Mapping with R/qtl
names(attributes(outsw2)) [1] "names" "class" "map" "lodprofile" [5] "formula" " pLOD" "trace" Individual attributes may be obtained with the attr function. So we can pull out the trace of models with the following. This is a long list, with each ...
Karl W. Broman, Saunak Sen, 2009
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Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for ...
Where. Does. the. Time. Go? We'll close this chapter with a brief look at a nice utility that can be useful for keeping track of how you spend your time, information that system administrators will find comes in handy all too often. It is called plod ...
Æleen Frisch, 2002
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Tort Law
PC Bill is injured. shortages, the paramedic on board shortages, the paramedic on board is is PC Plod and PC Bill both work for ... One night, PCs Plod and Bill are on patrol on the M7 motorway, when a car passes them at a fairly high speed.
Kirsty Horsey, Erika Rackley, 2013
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False Alarms ... With remarks, biographical and critical, by ...
Enter PLOD from the house, a. u. E. Plod. Ah! why 'tis Emily and the celebrated 13:... Umbrage. Miss U. [Introducing Plod to M'Larg.] My relation, Mr. Plod. Emily. Ah! my dear guardian! I am so happy to see on. y Plod. My dear guardian! Yes ...
James Kenney, George DANIEL (of Islington.), D. G., 1840
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
503 plod; plodder; PC Plod; Mr Plod; the plod | plunderphonics plod; plodder; PC Plod; Mr Plod; the plod noun a uniformed police officer; the police. Derives from Mr Plod the Policeman, a character in the Noddy stories of Enid Blyton ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a Dictionary of the Gaelic ...
Plod, -aidh, phi, v.a.-et n. 1. Float: innata, super aquam ferre. O'R. 2. Cause to float: innatare fac. O'R. et MSS. PLon, -A, et -Um, -AN, 8. m. l. A clod: gleba. C. S. 2. A pool, standing water: stagnum. O'R. et 0. S. * Plod, -a, -an, s.fl l. A fleet: classis.
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The King Arthur Trilogy Book One: Dragon's Child
Unwilling even to touch Plod at first, Artorex approached the huge horse from one side. Placing his hands on the horse's back, the young man tried to jump onto his broad haunches as he had done with the smaller farm horses. He ended up ...
M. K. Hume, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plod is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Your Office Full of Insecure People?
An introverted person might just plod through the working day unnoticed, while someone unsure of themselves will constantly ask for ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
2
Review: Nutjitsu: Reforged (PS4)
Your common or garden samurai fox isn't much of a threat, they plod around each level and can be easily avoided. However it's the poison and ... «Push Square, Jul 15»
3
EastEnders: Ben and Max are interrogated but who'll be charged …
The E20 plod sure do seem to have fun of a Friday night. DCI Jill Marsden is determined to get her man and she's not holding back when it ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
4
Eamonn Sweeney: In a world where Martin McGuinness can meet …
They too manage to control their historical rage for the couple of minutes it takes a band to plod through a national anthem. Are they misguided ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
MUSIC REVIEW: Musically brilliant 'Get the Led Out' fosters …
GTLO's closing night set woefully underrepresented the stellar albums “Houses of the Holy” and “Led Zeppelin I.” In the time it took to plod ... «Bucks Local News, Jul 15»
6
Pang plays LKY with finesse
... the largely male cast and squares their energies nicely against each other, such that the passing of history, while predictable, does not plod. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
With Heavy Bags, Telengana Kids Plod to School
HYDERABAD: Even as the Maharashtra government passed a resolution to reduce the burden of children, putting a cap on the weight of ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Fundraisers paddle, plod and pedal for St Richard's Hospice
INTREPID teams of Worcestershire workers and friends pulled out all the stops in the St Richard's Hospice Paddle, Plod and Pedal Challenge ... «Malvern Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Don't soak up too much sun this summer
It takes a couple of hours to plod 235 metres from the base of the hills up to the top of dunes, sliding back one step for every two you climb. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
10
When will EastEnders' ridiculous Lucy Beale murder-mystery road to …
It's all very well DCI Clouseau (aka Marsden) joking about Professor Plum in the library with a candlestick, but for Albert Square's local plod, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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