vverb.socialwork doggedly or persistentlySynset:keep one's nose to the grindstone keep one's shoulder to the wheel peg away plug away
Examples:- She keeps plugging away at her dissertation
Derivationally Related Form:slogger
Hypernyms:work
Inherited Hypernyms:plug awaywork
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionwalk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mudSynset:footslog pad plod tramp trudge
Examples:- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Derivationally Related Form:padploddertramperploddingfootsloggertrudgetrudger
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:slogwalktravel
Direct Hyponyms:slopsloshsplashsploshsquelchsquish
Full Troponyms:squelch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | They --- up the hill (apply to: pad, slog, trudge)
vverb.contactstrike heavily, especially with the fist or a batSynset:slug swig
Examples:- He slugged me so hard that I passed out
Derivationally Related Form:slugslugger
Hypernyms:hit
Inherited Hypernyms:slughittouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: slug, slog, swig)