ploeteren — meaning in English

English meaning

• plod verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
• squelch verb To suppress or put a stop to something firmly, often suddenly.

Senses

ploeteren is used for these senses in English:

• plod (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
• squelch (intransitive, British) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.

plod — full definition

1. verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
2. verb To keep working at something slowly and doggedly, especially something tedious.
3. noun A slow, heavy way of walking or working.

squelch — full definition

1. verb To suppress or put a stop to something firmly, often suddenly.
2. verb To make a wet, sucking sound, as when walking through mud.
3. noun A wet, sucking sound.

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