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PLODDED

Definition: PLODDED

PLODDED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Plod

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PLODDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)


Crosswords: PLODDED

English words defined with "PLODDED": boringlyfootslogpad, plodslogtediously, tiresomely, tramp, trudge. (references)

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Use in Literature: PLODDED

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Joad plodded along, dragging his cloud of dust behind him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: PLODDED

"PLODDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 91.18% of the time. "PLODDED" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)91.18%6242,755
Lexical Verb (past participle)8.82%6143,867
                    Total100.00%68N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PLODDED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

plodded

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: PLODDED

Language Translations for "PLODDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

trottete (trotted), getapst. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oddedplay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: PLODDED

Derivations

Words ending with "PLODDED": outplodded. (additional references)


Misspellings

"PLODDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clodded, Pladda, plodden, plode, plooded, podded, Podged. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PLODDED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PLODDED" (pronounced plÄ"dud)
4-Ä" d u dnodded, prodded, wadded.
3-d u dabided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: PLODDED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-d-e-l-o-p"

-1 letter: podded.

-2 letters: doled, doped, loped, poled.

-3 letters: dole, dope, eddo, lode, lope, oped, pled, plod, pole.

-4 letters: del, doe, dol, eld, led, lop, odd, ode, old, ole, ope, ped, pod, pol.

-5 letters: de, do, ed, el, lo, od, oe, op, pe.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-d-e-l-o-p"
 

+2 letters: disploded.

 

+3 letters: outplodded.

 

+4 letters: paddleboard.

 

+5 letters: paddleboards.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PLODDED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4C 4F 44 44 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-..    ---    -..    -..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001100 01001111 01000100 01000100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#76 &#79 &#68 &#68 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004C 004F 0044 0044 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50464938383938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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