lug

  • 31lug — I. /lʌg / (say lug) verb (lugged, lugging) –verb (t) 1. to pull along or carry with force or effort. –verb (i) 2. to pull; tug. 3. (of a horse) to race erratically, hanging in to the rails. –noun 4. an act of lugging; a forcible pull; a haul.… …

  • 32lug — [1] To cause the engine to labor by failing to shift to a lower gear when necessary. The British term is labour. [2] A protrusion on an object. [3] A sleeve into which bicycle frame tubes are inserted to form a joint. Also see dog [3] An external …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 33lug — lug1 [lʌg] v past tense and past participle lugged present participle lugging [T] informal [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] to pull or carry something heavy with difficulty lug sth around/up/into/onto etc sth ▪ It… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34lug — {{11}}lug (n.) 1620s, handle of a pitcher, from lugge (Scottish) earflap of a cap, ear (late 15c.; according to OED, the common word for ear in 19c. Scotland), probably from Scandinavian (Cf. Swed. lugg forelock, Norw. lugg tuft of hair ). The… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 35lug — 1. noun /lʌɡ/ a) A lug nut. They put the lug on him at the courthouse. b) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure… …

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  • 36lug — I UK [lʌɡ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms lug : present tense I/you/we/they lug he/she/it lugs present participle lugging past tense lugged past participle lugged informal to carry or move something with difficulty because it is very heavy She …

    English dictionary

  • 37lüğət — is. <ər.> 1. Adətən əlifba sırası ilə düzülmüş, izahı və ya başqa dilə tərcüməsi verilmiş sözlər toplusundan ibarət kitab; sözlük. İzahlı lüğət. Azərbaycanca rusca lüğət. – Qalın lüğətləri araşdıraraq; Dərsə hazırlaşır məktəbli Xumar. S. V …

    Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti

  • 38lug — English has three words lug, two of them possibly connected. The verb, ‘pull’ [14], may be related to Swedish lugga ‘pull someone’s hair’, suggesting a Scandinavian origin. And it has been pointed out that the various meanings of the noun lug… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39lug — lȗg1 m <N mn lȕgovi/lȗzi knjiš., G lȕgōvā> DEFINICIJA 1. šumica, gaj 2. močvarna šuma ONOMASTIKA pr. (prema zanimanju i etnici): Lògār (Ogulin, Primorje, ← slov.), Lùgār (120, Ozalj, Pokuplje, Zagorje), Lugárec (Jastrebarsko, Pokuplje,… …

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  • 40lúg — a m (ū) 1. prevreta tekočina s pralnim sredstvom: zliti lug iz čebra; poribati tla z lugom; perice so imele od luga razjedene roke / pralni lug 2. kem. snov, ki tvori s kislinami soli, v vodni raztopini pa hidroksilne ione; baza: kisline in lugi… …

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