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to slog

to slog

1 5.3
To walk slowly with heavy steps, often through mud or when tired
  • verb
  • /slɔg/
translation icon : caminar pesadamente
  • After a long day at work, he slogged home, feeling exhausted.
  • slog through snow
  • slog through wet
  • slog through knee

Examples

  • We were sick of the city, and we wanted to raise Kevin someplace he could slog through creeks and climb trees and come home with mud in his hair and frogs in his pockets.

    The One That Got Away (2008)

  • He slogs through the snow, down a gulley and up the embankment to a barbed-wire fence.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • They quietly slog toward the road.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • OK, there we are, slogging through the wetland.

  • Laroche and Orlean slog through the water with purpose, looking only straight ahead.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Side by side, Hanover and Pantucci quickly slog their way through waist-high water.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Hanover and Pantucci quickly slog their way through knee-high water.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Lanky young men in wetsuits slog through shallows and mud.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • She slogs from tree to tree, letting each one support her downhill-leaning weight for a moment before slogging to the next.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • We had to slog through the thick mud after the rainstorm.

Synonyms

to walk
vsto slog
∞ 1.0

To move on foot at a normal speed

is different by stressing slow, heavy, effortful steps in hard conditions
to drag
vsto slog
179 2.8

To move slowly and with effort because you are tired

focuses more on physical difficulty from ground or weather rather than reluctance
to trudge
vsto slog
21 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

is the same idea but often stresses difficult ground like mud
to tramp
vsto slog
17 5.5

To walk with heavy steps, often over rough ground

is closer to short difficult walks and tired slow stepping rather than long travel
to pad
vsto slog
10 6.4

To walk with heavy, steady steps, often when tired

is broader, emphasizing slow heavy steps in many hard conditions
to tromp
vsto slog
8 6.3

To walk with heavy noisy steps that make loud sounds

is less about loud damage and more about tiring progress through rough ground
to clomp
vsto slog
4 7.5

To walk with heavy, noisy steps that make a loud sound

is similar but highlights effort and difficult ground rather than noise
to plod
vsto slog
4 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

is similar but more linked to struggling through poor ground
to stump
vsto slog
2 5.9

To walk with heavy noisy steps that show effort or anger

leans more toward slow tired movement across difficult surfaces than mere clumsiness
to clump
vsto slog
2 4.9

To walk with heavy, clumsy, noisy steps

focuses more on trudging through hard conditions rather than just noise
to footslog
vsto slog
8.7

To walk slowly and with effort over long or difficult ground

shares effort and hard ground but also stresses long distance
to sog
vsto slog
9.5

To move slowly through wet or muddy ground

covers the same muddy difficulty but also includes tired walking more generally

Antonyms

to run
∞ 1.0

To move a boat fast in the same direction as the wind

to dash
73 1.0

To move very quickly to reach a place

How Slow

to trudge
21 5.5
to slog
1 5.3
to plod
4 5.5
shuffle
11 3.9
to walk
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

slog infinitive
slogged past
slogged past participle
slogging present participle
slogs third person singular

Etymology

Slog for walking slowly grew from the same idea of heavy effort, as if each step is a hard push into the ground, so think of moving like a slow, heavy machine. That is why to 'slog' through mud or work is to walk or move with slow, heavy steps because it is difficult and tiring.