Object

• round: It had taken nearly three months for him to forget that all he was supposed to do was plod round a dusty dark school.

Modifying Another Word

• onwards: The day was dry and I plodded onwards across the spine of the Highlands into a niggling head wind, feeling tired and sore.

Adjective modifier

• steady: Her slow steady plod is provided by the diurnal movement of the night sky.

• slow: Her slow steady plod is provided by the diurnal movement of the night sky.

• local: Supporters are asked to be aware of the tough drinking policies in force from the local plod.

• dull: It cut short that dull plod with a slogan ­ ' Propaganda by deed ' .

Noun used with modifier

• snow: Then the last leg, a snow plod to high Tomintoul.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: I listened to his footsteps plod down the stairs to his lawyer's office on the floor below.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: In the school with a beginner he will be lazy and plod around safely with his nose out in front.

• up: You now come to one of the steeper parts of the path as you plod up and under the bridge under the railroad.

• through: There are millions of ' events ' to plod through, all of which have to be played in a certain order.