The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLODS
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What does PLODS mean?
PLODS verb- To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
- To trudge over or through.
- To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.