🐢 To walk slowly 🐢 A heavy walk

plod

2 5.7

A slow, heavy walk that feels difficult

noun
/plɑd/

: paso pesado

You can set your watch by how predictable the events are, which makes the first third of the series feel like an onerous plod.
a slow plod
a long plod

Examples

ANGLE ON: TREEBEARD begins his slow plod through the forest again.

Fiction book (2002)
After a long day at work, he took a weary plod down the street toward home.
After watching the little donkey plod beside us for a long time, suddenly he simply fell over.

Blog text (9)
The elderly man made his way with a slow plod through the park, pausing frequently to catch his breath.
She approached the finish line with a determined plod, pushing through her exhaustion to complete the race.

Synonyms

shamble

vsplod

35 8.0

A slow, awkward walk that drags the feet

is slow heavy steps that feel laborious rather than awkward

Antonyms

to dash

73 1.0

To move very quickly to reach a place

to stride

16 2.7

To walk with long confident steps toward a place

How Effortful

to slog

1 5.3

to trudge

21 5.5

plod

2 5.7

crawl

19 2.7

to walk

∞ 1.0

stroll

92 1.2

Surface Forms

plod singular

plods plural

Etymology

Plod probably comes from the simple sound 'plod-plod' made by heavy boots on the ground, so it paints a picture of slow, heavy steps. So a plod is a slow, heavy walk that sounds as tired as it feels.