ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPplod
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plod
Meaning: to walk slowly with heavy steps
plod in a sentence
How plod is used in real sentences:
We plodded home through the deep, sticky mud.
Carrying his full backpack, Leo plodded slowly up the hill.
“An apprentice plodded through mud with a sack of paper on his back.”
— from the passage The Gazette's Hidden Reports
Synonyms for plod
Other words for plod — trudge, lumber and slog — carry the same meaning.
- trudge
- lumber
- slog
Antonyms of plod
Words that mean the opposite of plod:
- sprint
- skip
Where it comes from
Probably from an old English word imitating heavy footsteps
Memory hook
PLOD sounds like heavy feet going plod, plod, plod.