<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>plod·ded, plod·ding.</li><li>to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.</li><li>to plod under the weight of a burden.</li><li>to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act.</li><li>to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>labor</li><li>moil</li><li>toil</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the act or a course of plodding.</li><li>a sound of a heavy tread.</li></ul>