Plod

v. i.	1.	To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. [imp. & p. p. Plodded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.]
	2.	To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
v. t.	1.	To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. - Gray.

Verb

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plod - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" Synonyms: footslog, trudge, pad, slog, tramp

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