--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 37 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 37 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or thing that pleases others.[↗](../../pleaser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (people-pleaser) Someone who always tries to make others happy, even when it is bad for themselves, and finds it hard to say no.[↗](../../pleaser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (crowd-pleaser) Something that lots of people enjoy, like a popular song or dish.[↗](../../pleaser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pizza is always a crowd-pleaser at parties.[↗](../../pleaser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a people-pleaser and can't say no.[↗](../../pleaser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That song was a real crowd-pleaser.[↗](../../pleaser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a people-pleaser can make you tired.[↗](../../pleaser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The magic show was a big pleaser with the little ones.[↗](../../pleaser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's kind to help, but you don't have to be a people-pleaser.[↗](../../pleaser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pleaseth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «pleaseth» means «pleases», a form of «please»: Please is the polite word you add when you ask for something.[↗](../../pleaseth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Can I have some water, please?[↗](../../pleaseth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Abimelech said: 'Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.'[↗](../../pleaseth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.20.15, JPS 1917) **pleasingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that gives pleasure, satisfaction or a good feeling.[↗](../../pleasingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Pleasantly, nicely, to a satisfying degree: pleasingly warm.[↗](../../pleasingly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The answer came out pleasingly neat: exactly 100.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was pleasingly quiet.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pattern is pleasingly symmetrical.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bath was pleasingly warm.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her picture was pleasingly bright and colourful.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The test results were pleasingly good.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle pieces clicked pleasingly into place.[↗](../../pleasingly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pleasurable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pleasurable means giving pleasure or enjoyment; nice to feel or do.[↗](../../pleasurable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The twigs and leaves trembled in a pleasurable way.[↗](../../pleasurable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading a good story is pleasurable.[↗](../../pleasurable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The warm bath was a pleasurable end to the day.[↗](../../pleasurable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pleasure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something.[↗](../../pleasure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pleasure is something that makes you happy.[↗](../../pleasure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «It's a pleasure» or «my pleasure» is a polite reply when someone thanks you.[↗](../../pleasure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) «With pleasure» means gladly, yes I will.[↗](../../pleasure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Pleasure can also mean what someone wishes or chooses to do.[↗](../../pleasure/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Reading is one of my greatest pleasures.[↗](../../pleasure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Thank you for helping.»[↗](../../pleasure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") «My pleasure!»[↗](../../pleasure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a pleasure to meet you.[↗](../../pleasure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We go to the lake for pleasure, not for work.[↗](../../pleasure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa takes pleasure in growing roses.[↗](../../pleasure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Can you pass the salt?»[↗](../../pleasure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") «With pleasure.»[↗](../../pleasure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy wagged its tail with pleasure.[↗](../../pleasure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is it your pleasure to rise?"[↗](../../pleasure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'[↗](../../pleasure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleasure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes until thou have enough at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.[↗](../../pleasure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleasure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sixteenth Path is the Triumphal or Eternal Intelligence, so called because it is the pleasure of the Glory, beyond which is no other Glory like to it, and it is called also the Paradise prepared for the Righteous.[↗](../../pleasure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../pleasure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure?[↗](../../pleasure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleasure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust.[↗](../../pleasure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.102.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleasure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.[↗](../../pleasure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleasure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **pleat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fold made in cloth by doubling it over and pressing or sewing it in place.[↗](../../pleat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make folds like this in cloth or paper.[↗](../../pleat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My school skirt has pleats all round.[↗](../../pleat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A kilt has neat pleats at the back.[↗](../../pleat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We pleated paper to make a fan.[↗](../../pleat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron the pleats so they stay sharp.[↗](../../pleat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains were pleated at the top.[↗](../../pleat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fold the paper into pleats like an accordion.[↗](../../pleat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The hats of the men were blue; the little woman’s hat was white, and she wore a white gown that hung in pleats from her shoulders.[↗](../../pleat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **plebeian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) In ancient Rome, a plebeian was an ordinary citizen, not one of the rich noble families called patricians.[↗](../../plebeian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, often rude) Plebeian means common, ordinary or not refined; snobs use it to look down on people or things.[↗](../../plebeian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK slang, rude) The short form «pleb» is an insult for someone thought to be common or low class.[↗](../../plebeian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Rome, most people were plebeians.[↗](../../plebeian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plebeians could not at first marry patricians.[↗](../../plebeian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plebeians fought for their own leaders, the tribunes.[↗](../../plebeian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The snobby lady called the funfair plebeian.[↗](../../plebeian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Don't be a pleb,» he sneered.[↗](../../plebeian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone a pleb is unkind.[↗](../../plebeian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pledge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To pledge is to promise firmly, giving your word or faith.[↗](../../pledge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pledge is a solemn promise.[↗](../../pledge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pledge is an item left as a security for a debt, or as a sign that you will keep your word.[↗](../../pledge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "I give that pledge," said Iollan.[↗](../../pledge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "We pledge it," said they.[↗](../../pledge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "I pass it and pledge it," cried the joyful king.[↗](../../pledge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children made a pledge to keep the secret.[↗](../../pledge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; (Torah DEU.24.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.[↗](../../pledge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.[↗](../../pledge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.[↗](../../pledge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor; (Writings JOB.24.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.[↗](../../pledge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.22.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pledge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pledged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pledged means promised firmly or given as security for a debt.[↗](../../pledged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They pledged their faith that they would not harm her.[↗](../../pledged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He pledged his cottage to a neighbour.[↗](../../pledged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We pledged our help to the school.[↗](../../pledged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pleiades** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Pleiades is a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters; in Japan it is called Subaru, and in New Zealand Māori call it Matariki.[↗](../../pleiades/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In Greek myths, the Pleiades were seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, who were turned into stars.[↗](../../pleiades/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw the Pleiades on a clear winter night.[↗](../../pleiades/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pleiades look like a tiny group of stars.[↗](../../pleiades/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pleiades are also called the Seven Sisters.[↗](../../pleiades/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In New Zealand, Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades.[↗](../../pleiades/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Subaru car logo shows the Pleiades.[↗](../../pleiades/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Greek myth, the Pleiades were seven sisters.[↗](../../pleiades/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With binoculars you can see dozens of stars in the Pleiades.[↗](../../pleiades/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.[↗](../../pleiades/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleiades/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?[↗](../../pleiades/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pleiades/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **plenteous** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Plentiful, giving a great deal.[↗](../../plenteous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.[↗](../../plenteous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenteous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.[↗](../../plenteous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.103.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenteous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.[↗](../../plenteous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.130.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenteous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.[↗](../../plenteous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.86.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenteous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **plenteousness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Plenty; a large amount of something.[↗](../../plenteousness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.[↗](../../plenteousness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenteousness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **plentiful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Plentiful means there is a lot of something, more than enough.[↗](../../plentiful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Apples were plentiful in the autumn.[↗](../../plentiful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish are plentiful in this river.[↗](../../plentiful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a plentiful supply of water.[↗](../../plentiful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In a good year, food is plentiful.[↗](../../plentiful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits are plentiful in the fields.[↗](../../plentiful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunshine is plentiful in Australia.[↗](../../plentiful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts.[↗](../../plentiful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **plentifully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Plentifully means in large amounts, more than enough.[↗](../../plentifully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jack ate and drank plentifully at the feast.[↗](../../plentifully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sprinkled the ointment plentifully with pepper.[↗](../../plentifully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden gave fruit plentifully that summer.[↗](../../plentifully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge\![↗](../../plentifully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plentifully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.[↗](../../plentifully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.31.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plentifully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **plenty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Plenty means a lot, or more than enough.[↗](../../plenty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Plenty of» is used before nouns to mean a lot of.[↗](../../plenty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Plenty can mean a time of having a lot of food and goods.[↗](../../plenty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Drink plenty of water on hot days.[↗](../../plenty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have plenty of time before the bus.[↗](../../plenty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is plenty of food for everyone.[↗](../../plenty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't worry, there's plenty more.[↗](../../plenty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Get plenty of sleep before the test.[↗](../../plenty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Do you need more paper?»[↗](../../plenty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") «No, I've got plenty.»[↗](../../plenty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plenty of children came to the fair.[↗](../../plenty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "You've plenty now, peasant; arn't you content?[↗](../../plenty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.[↗](../../plenty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.[↗](../../plenty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.[↗](../../plenty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.[↗](../../plenty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.132.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.[↗](../../plenty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.[↗](../../plenty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../plenty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **plenum** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A space completely filled with matter, or a full meeting of all members.[↗](../../plenum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **plesiosaur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plesiosaur was a large sea reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with a broad body, four flippers and often a very long neck.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Plesiosaurs are now extinct; we know them from fossils.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mary Anning found a plesiosaur fossil on the beach.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A plesiosaur swam using four big flippers.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plesiosaurs ate fish and squid.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a plesiosaur skeleton with a very long neck.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plesiosaurs were reptiles, but not dinosaurs.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people say the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur, but there is no proof.[↗](../../plesiosaur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pliable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easily bent without breaking; flexible.[↗](../../pliable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (about people) Easily persuaded or controlled by others.[↗](../../pliable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Willow twigs are pliable, so we can weave baskets.[↗](../../pliable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Warm the clay in your hands to make it more pliable.[↗](../../pliable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Copper wire is pliable and easy to bend.[↗](../../pliable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The leather became pliable after oiling.[↗](../../pliable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bully picked a pliable boy to do his dirty work.[↗](../../pliable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pliable plastic is used for lunchboxes.[↗](../../pliable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pliant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking.[↗](../../pliant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They wove a net with the pliant willow.[↗](../../pliant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff.[↗](../../pliant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a pliant mind and learns quickly.[↗](../../pliant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **plication** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A fold or a folding.[↗](../../plication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **pliers** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hand tool with two handles and two jaws, used for gripping, bending, twisting or cutting wire.[↗](../../pliers/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pass me the pliers so I can bend this wire.[↗](../../pliers/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad used a pair of pliers to pull out the nail.[↗](../../pliers/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pliers are a kind of lever.[↗](../../pliers/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The electrician cut the cable with pliers.[↗](../../pliers/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Long-nose pliers can reach into small spaces.[↗](../../pliers/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used pliers to make jewellery from wire.[↗](../../pliers/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **plight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of.[↗](../../plight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He saw that he was in an evil plight again.[↗](../../plight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never was a bride seen in such a dismal plight.[↗](../../plight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The swallowing of sea-water only increased his miserable plight.[↗](../../plight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **plod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* verb: To walk slowly and heavily, as if tired.[↗](../../plod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "We plodded through the mud."[↗](../../plod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb: To work slowly and steadily at something boring or hard.[↗](../../plod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "plod on with homework".[↗](../../plod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* noun.[↗](../../plod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A slow, heavy walk.[↗](../../plod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* noun (UK slang, "plod" or "PC Plod"): the police or a police officer; a bit mocking.[↗](../../plod/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We plodded home through the rain.[↗](../../plod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tired horse plodded up the hill.[↗](../../plod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I plodded on with my maths until it was done.[↗](../../plod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The elephant plodded slowly across the plain.[↗](../../plod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Watch out, here comes the plod!"[↗](../../plod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (UK slang)[↗](../../plod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After a long plod, we reached the top.[↗](../../plod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man got two sacks of money here, and plodded away homewards with these.[↗](../../plod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **plodding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Walking slowly and heavily.[↗](../../plodding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Working slowly and steadily but without much excitement or skill.[↗](../../plodding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of a story or film) Slow and dull.[↗](../../plodding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard plodding footsteps on the stairs.[↗](../../plodding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The plodding donkey carried the bags.[↗](../../plodding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had a plodding story.[↗](../../plodding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plodding along, the tortoise won the race.[↗](../../plodding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His plodding style got the job done.[↗](../../plodding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The plodding pace made the walk last forever.[↗](../../plodding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile the Tortoise kept plodding on, and in time reached the goal.[↗](../../plodding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **plonk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down heavily or carelessly.[↗](../../plonk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Plonk your bag there."[↗](../../plonk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb (informal): To sit down heavily.[↗](../../plonk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He plonked himself on the sofa."[↗](../../plonk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* noun (informal, UK, Australia).[↗](../../plonk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Cheap wine.[↗](../../plonk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* noun: A dull, heavy sound, like a single piano note: "plonk!".[↗](../../plonk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Just plonk your coat on the chair.[↗](../../plonk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She plonked herself down next to me.[↗](../../plonk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad plonked the shopping on the table.[↗](../../plonk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a bottle of cheap plonk with dinner.[↗](../../plonk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boy plonked out a tune on the piano.[↗](../../plonk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't plonk that heavy box on my toe\![↗](../../plonk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/36/) **37** [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/38/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/36/) - next →: [page 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/38/) 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