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Robert W. Service

Meaning of "plodding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLODDING

plodding  [ˈplɒdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLODDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plodding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLODDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plodding in the English dictionary

The definition of plodding in the dictionary is slow and steady.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLODDING


according
əˈkɔːdɪŋ
adding
ˈædɪŋ
building
ˈbɪldɪŋ
codding
ˈkɒdɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
holding
ˈhəʊldɪŋ
including
ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ
leading
ˈliːdɪŋ
loading
ˈləʊdɪŋ
modding
ˈmɒdɪŋ
nodding
ˈnɒdɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
prodding
ˈprɒdɪŋ
providing
prəˈvaɪdɪŋ
quadding
ˈkwɒdɪŋ
reading
ˈriːdɪŋ
sodding
ˈsɒdɪŋ
wadding
ˈwɒdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLODDING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLODDING

bedding
bidding
bread pudding
budding
cladding
competitive bidding
double wedding
embedding
forbidding
gladding
kidding
padding
pudding
Redding
regarding
shedding
shredding
sledding
wedding
white wedding
Yorkshire pudding

Synonyms and antonyms of plodding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLODDING»

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

Translation of «plodding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLODDING

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

Translator English - Chinese

单调乏味
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perseverante
570 millions of speakers

English

plodding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिश्रमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التثاقل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

усидчивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laboriosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রমশীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laborieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lompat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strangpressen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緊張感のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

터벅 터벅 걷고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plodding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nặng nề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

plodding
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plodding
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plodding
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посидющий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βραδύ βάδισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar is
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plodding
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plodding
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plodding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLODDING»

The term «plodding» is regularly used and occupies the 92.943 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLODDING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plodding» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plodding» 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 plodding

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5 QUOTES WITH «PLODDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plodding.
1
Adam Baldwin
The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
2
Jo Brand
My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.
3
Chad Harbach
Writing on a computer feels like a recipe for writer's block. I can type so fast that I run out of thoughts, and then I sit there and look at the words on the screen, and move them around, and never get anywhere. Whereas in a notebook I just keep plodding along, slowly, accumulating sentences, sometimes even surprising myself.
4
Steve Martin
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.
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Robert W. Service
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLODDING»

Discover the use of plodding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plodding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plodding: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations PloddingThose who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it.
‎2008
2
Plotting, Not Plodding: Story Structure Tips from the ...
We remember characters; we pitch plotThe basic structure of plot is so universal that all thirteen-plot points are found in the story of the Prodigal Son. (Just under 500 words!) In this book you'll learn how to map your story using the ...
Eddie Jones, 2011
3
The grounds & occasions of the contempt of the clergy and ...
because he tells me, plodding Aristotle /aid if-, and that it was as tveU said as if Cartes himself had said it • and thinks he, that fame UsaTwcv is a thundering word, and will make the Rogue tax. his very flesh for madness. And l'le translate it  ...
John Eachard, 1685
4
Linking: The Geometry of Argument Structure
(48) a. She ran [PP for her coach] [PP with heavy plodding steps]. b. She ran [ PP for 30 seconds] [ PP with heavy plodding steps]. c. She ran [ AdvP clumsily] [ PP with heavy plodding steps]. (49) a. She ran [PP with heavy plodding steps] [AdvP  ...
Janet H. Randall, 2010
5
742 Heart Warming Poems
And though I've had to drop some names Of folks I like a lot, My Lord must have the most- -because His name is at the top! Author Unknown Baptist Bible Tribune 131 . WISDOM OF THE WISE MEN Plodding through the desert, wise men from ...
‎1982
6
A Hundred Years of History 1911 - 2011
Plodding. –. 1940. –. 1948. The year 1940 began with an almost complete evacuation of the population, owing to Southend being declared a “Restricted Area”. Most of the children left for safer areas and in the immediate neighbourhood only ...
Tina Gowers
7
The Expressive Actor: Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting ...
The “ee” sound has a very charged, light, and fast quality that appears to be a war with his released, slow and heavy plodding action. “The expressive action seems to be fully expressed in your body,” I suggest, “but I'm having trouble with the ...
Michael Lugering, 2013
8
Developmental Reading
Monotonous Plodding This refers to the act of keeping the same pace of reading for all kinds of materials — from light fiction to heavy materials. Learn to vary your rate of reading. Just skim or scan certain materials. With others, you may have ...
9
Plodding On...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Henry Curwen, 2012
10
Biblical Principles for Releasing Financial Provision!: ...
Sometimes it is the steady plodding that brings the success of the blessed life. Ecclesiastes 9: 1 1 says, "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but ...
Rich Brott, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLODDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plodding is used in the context of the following news items.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Southpaw' is a plodding miss
Above all, “Southpaw” is a strongly titled, albeit plodding experience. This was one of those movies where my “watch checks” reached double ... «hays Post, Jul 15»
2
True Detective: “Church In Ruins”
It's plodding where it needs to be fleet and vague where it needs to be precise. In his first review of this season, Erik Adams described how the ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»
3
The 3 Main Reasons Advertising Mergers Fail
While Ammirati & Puris was suave, Lintas was a plodding packaged goods shop. The hope was that the merger would boost the creative ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
How was your weekend running?
... been training with, the slightly odd flip side to my marathon training – one minute I'm plodding out 20 miles, then next, trying to “find my fast”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Review: Boyzone
Overall then, a touching if slightly plodding performance. Even if Boyzone hadn't performed a give-them-what-they-want show, their loyal ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»
6
Elvaston cricket duo covered 248 boundary laps in 24 hours
"We thought it might be a doddle plodding round the boundary for a day. It wasn't – but we had a lot of support from club members who ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Surge in gold counters lifts JSE
In the US, plodding economic growth, a strong dollar, and lower oil prices have combined to cause revenue growth for the S&P 500 to ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
8
Climate talks: Is the planet to be saved or doomed?
It is as if there were two distinct processes: the plodding negotiations, for which Ms Figueres has overall responsibility, and a gathering wave of ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Photo by Drew VanDrie
... 20-degree incline alongside the indefatigable kindergartners, but most opt to go slow, plodding to the summit. Yes, running and cartwheeling ... «MyNorth.com, Jul 15»
10
Local history: Anti-alcohol activist had a bold message for Stow-Kent …
He painted the figure of a tattered, dissipated man plodding through the street, weakened from several years of drinking. In large red-and-black ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»

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