(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.

simple past tense and past participle of plod

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of plowshare

One who plods. / A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plod

plural of plodder

plural of ploughman's lunch

(idiomatic, often humorous) Used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation.

plural of plot bunny

A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.