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# jog

«jog» in Mova's school dictionary: **to run slowly and steadily, often for exercise** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (jog, jogs, jogged, jogging); noun (a jog, jogs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To jog is to run slowly and steadily, often for exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#m1)

2) A jog is a slow run: go for a jog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#m2)

3) To jog something is to push or knock it a little: He jogged my arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#m3)

4) To jog your memory is to help you remember something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#m4)

5) To jog can also mean to walk or travel along at an easy, steady pace, not running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, distance or time run, often per day or at a speed (distance = speed × time). In PE and health, jogging keeps your heart and lungs strong. In everyday life: parents jog in the park, a dog jogs beside its owner. Phrases: «go for a jog», «go jogging», «jog your memory», «jog along».

### examples

- She jogs 3 km every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x1)
- How far does she jog in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x2)
- He jogged for 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x3)
- They jog at 8 km an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x4)
- Dad goes jogging in the park before work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x5)
- Let's warm up with a slow jog around the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x6)
- Don't jog my arm while I'm drawing! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x7)
- This photo might jog your memory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x8)
- The dog jogged happily beside her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x9)
- So on he jogged, and all seemed now to go right with him: he had met with some misfortunes, to be sure; but he was now well repaid for all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/#x10)

### note

Past: jogged; -ing: jogging (double g). A jog is slower than a run, faster than a walk. A rate: distance per day × days, or speed × time. Trap: «jogs 3 km every day» for a week is 7 days, not 5, unless the story says only weekdays.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.