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English verb: slog | |||
| 1. | slog (social) work doggedly or persistently | ||
| Samples | She keeps plugging away at her dissertation. | ||
| Synonyms | keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| 2. | slog (motion) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | ||
| Samples | Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone. | ||
| Examples | They slog up the hill | ||
| Synonyms | footslog, pad, plod, tramp, trudge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish | ||
| 3. | slog (contact) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat | ||
| Samples | He slugged me so hard that I passed out. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to slog his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | slug, swig | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
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