plod verb [I + adv/prep] (WALK) Add to word list to walk taking slow steps, as if your feet are heavy: We plodded through the mud. Despite the wind and the rain, they plodded on until they reached the cabin.

plod /plɑd/ v. [ no object], plod•ded, plod•ding. to walk heavily or with difficulty; trudge: The old horse plodded slowly down the road. to work or proceed with steady but slow or difficult progress: He plodded along at his job. plod•der, n. [ countable] -plod-, root. -plod- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "noise.''