About The Word Tug
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Tug
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What's The Definition Of Tug?
[n] a sudden abrupt pull
[n] a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [v] struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" [v] pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings" [v] pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men" [v] move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud" [v] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [v] carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" [v] tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tug: drive | jerk | labor | labour | lug | push | tote | towboat | tower | tugboat Related Terms | Find terms related to Tug: See Also | attract | boat | carry | displace | draw | draw in | fight | fight | force | helm | move | plough on | press on | pull | pull | pull in | pulling | push on | reach | strain | strive | struggle | struggle | tow | transport Tug In Webster's Dictionary \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, v. t.,
{Touch}, {Tow}, v. t., {Tuck} to press in, {Toy} a
plaything.]
1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
--Roscommon.
2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a
strain. --Hudibras.
\Tug\, v. i. 1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton. 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak. \Tug\, n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden. 2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}. 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. {Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon. |
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