nnoun.actthe act of walking with a slow heavy gaitSynset:plodding
Examples:- I could recognize his plod anywhere
Derivationally Related Form:plod
Hypernyms:walk walking
Inherited Hypernyms:ploddingwalklocomotionmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionwalk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mudSynset:footslog pad slog tramp trudge
Examples:- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Derivationally Related Form:padploddertramperploddingfootsloggertrudgetrudger
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:slogwalktravel
Direct Hyponyms:slopsloshsplashsploshsquelchsquish
Full Troponyms:squelch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | They --- up the hill (apply to: pad, slog, trudge)