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Definition of 'LUG'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) lug
to pull or carry with force or effort:
to lug a heavy suitcase upstairs.

2.  lug
to introduce or interject inappropriately or irrelevantly:
to lug personalities into a discussion of philosophy.

3.  lug
(of a sailing ship) to carry an excessive amount of (sail) for the conditions prevailing.

4. (v.i.) lug
to pull or tug laboriously.

5.  lug
(of an engine or machine) to jerk, hesitate, or strain.

6. (n.) lug
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull.

7.  lug
a wooden box for transporting fruit or vegetables.

8.  lug
Slang. a request for or exaction of money, as for political purposes:
They put the lug on him at the office.

9. (n.) lug
a projecting piece by which anything is held or supported.

10.  lug
a ridge or welt that helps to provide traction, as on a tire or the sole of a shoe.

11.  lug
a leather loop hanging down from a saddle, through which a shaft is passed for support.

12.  lug
Slang.

13.  lug
an awkward, clumsy fellow.

14.  lug
a blockhead.

15.  lug
a man; guy.

Etymology: (by shortening)

Definition of 'LUG'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Lug, Lugh
ancient Celtic god

2. (noun) lugsail, lug
a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast

3. (noun) lug
a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something

4. (verb) lugworm, lug, lobworm
marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

5. (verb) lug, tote, tug
carry with difficulty
"You'll have to lug this suitcase"

6. (verb) stuff, lug, choke up, block
obstruct
"My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"

Definition of 'LUG'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) lug
to carry sth heavy
She was lugging a huge suitcase.

Definition of 'LUG'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) LUG
the ear, or its lobe

2. (noun) LUG
that which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug

3. (noun) LUG
a projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc

4. (noun) LUG
the leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up

5. (noun) LUG
the lugworm

6. (noun) LUG
the act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug

7. (noun) LUG
anything which moves slowly

8. (noun) LUG
a rod or pole

9. (noun) LUG
a measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch

10. (verb) LUG
to pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome

11. (verb) LUG
to move slowly and heavily

Translation of 'LUG'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to drag with difficulty She lugged the heavy trunk across the floor.
Afrikaans: sleep, trek	Arabic: يَسْحَب، يَجُر	Bulgarian: влача
Brazilian: arrastar	Czech: vléci	German: zerren
Danish: slæbe; hale	Greek: σέρνω με δυσκολία	Spanish: arrastrar
Estonian: sikutama	Farsi: به زور کشیدن	Finnish: raahata
French: traîner	Hebrew: לִגרוֹר	Hindi: खींचना, घसीटना
Croatian: tegliti	Hungarian: cipel	Indonesian: menyeret
Icelandic: draga, drösla	Italian: trascinare	Japanese: 引きずる
Korean: 질질 끌고 가다	Lithuanian: vilkti	Latvian: vilkt; stiept
Malay: mengheret	Dutch: sjouwen	Norwegian: slepe, hale, dra
Polish: taszczyć	Persian: به زور کشیدن	Pashto: په زوره كش كول
Portuguese: arrastar	Romanian: a târî	Russian: волочить
Slovak: vliecť	Slovenian: vleči	Serbian: tegliti
Swedish: släpa, kånka	Thai: ลาก	Turkish: sürüklemek
Taiwanese: ��力拖	Ukrainian: тягти, волочити	Urdu: کسی بھاری چیز کو گھسیٹنا
Vietnamese: kéo lê	Chinese: 硬拉，拖拉
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