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plod·ding: adjective and adverb
plod: I. noun II. intransitive verb
plod along: intransitive verb
plod away: intransitive verb
plod on: intransitive verb

plod·ding [ˈplɒdɪŋ, Am ˈplɑ:d-] ADJ

plodding

a plodding account

ein zäher [o. mühsam zu lesender] Bericht

a plodding account person

I . plod [plɒd, Am plɑ:d] N

plod

Marsch m

II . plod <-dd-> [plɒd, Am plɑ:d] VB intr

1. plod (walk slowly):

plod

to plod along the street/up the hill

die Straße entlang/den Hügel hinauf stapfen

to plod through the mud

durch den Schlamm waten

2. plod (work slowly):

to plod through sth

sich acc durch etw acc hindurcharbeiten [o. hindurchwühlen] [o. durchkämpfen]

plod along VB intr

1. plod along (walk):

2. plod along (work):

vor sich acc hin arbeiten

Alex is just plodding along at school

Alex ist ein fleißiger, aber mittelmäßiger Schüler

plod away VB intr

vor sich acc hin arbeiten

to plod away at sth

etw [freudlos] tun

to plod away at sth (work hard)

schuften pej inf

for years, he's plodded away at the same routine job

seit Jahren macht er dieselbe stumpfe Routinearbeit

plod on VB intr

1. plod on (continue walking):

2. plod on (continue working):

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a plodding account

ein zäher [o. mühsam zu lesender] Bericht

Alex is just plodding along at school

Alex ist ein fleißiger, aber mittelmäßiger Schüler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To many it was a tired plodding album that lacked spark. en.wikipedia.org

Other reviewers felt it had a plodding pace, but had a soundtrack that is quite good. en.wikipedia.org

It began with a masked old man in tattered clothes plodding around the hall where townsfolk gathered in merriment to greet the coming year. en.wikipedia.org

Reviews of the play have not been very favorable and have called it long, windy, talky and situational, or entertaining but plodding. en.wikipedia.org

Invariably, we find his characters plodding through life as they search to find something called home. en.wikipedia.org

But the plodding show that has emerged from all this tumult is, a few bright spots notwithstanding, an almost instantly forgettable mediocrity. en.wikipedia.org

The subsequent police investigation was plodding and slow. en.wikipedia.org

However, what worked well on radio appeared forced and plodding on television. en.wikipedia.org

The big problem, though, isn't the script but rather the direction and, specifically, the plodding pace of the film. en.wikipedia.org

The more dance-oriented remix at album's end cutely emphasizes the oddball whistled hook but is otherwise an overlong, plodding mess. en.wikipedia.org

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