lug, tote, tug
(verb) carry with difficulty; “You’ll have to lug this suitcase”
stuff, lug, choke up, block
(verb) obstruct; “My nose is all stuffed”; “Her arteries are blocked”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lugged
simple past tense and past participle of lug
lugged (not comparable)
Having ears.
• uggled
Source: Wiktionary
Lug, n. Etym: [Sw. lugg the forelock.]
1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. 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. (Mach.)
Definition: 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. (Harness)
Definition: The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The lugworm. Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging.] Etym: [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.]
Definition: To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.
Lug, v. i.
Definition: To move slowly and heavily.
Lug, n.
1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]
2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.
Lug, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. A measure of length, being 16 [Obs.] " Eight lugs of ground." Spenser. Chimney lug, or Lug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.] Whittier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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