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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tug \Tug\, v. i. 1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. [1913 Webster] He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. [1913 Webster] England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tug \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. [1913 Webster] There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tug \Tug\, n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. [1913 Webster] At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. [1913 Webster] 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. [1913 Webster] Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon. [1913 Webster]From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]
TUG TeX User's Group (org., user group, TeX)From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tug \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.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tug \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.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tug \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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
tug n 1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: jerk] 2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: tugboat, towboat, tower] v 1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings" 2: strive and 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" [syn: labor, labour, push, drive] 3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor" 4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" [syn: lug, tote] 5: move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud" 6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men" 7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" [also: tugging, tugged]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tug Αγγλικά n. απότομος τράβηγμα Αγγλικά vb. τραβώ απότομαFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tug Ibanag n. (lb ibg anatomy) knee Icelandic n. (inflection of is tugur indef acc s ; indef dat s) Scottish Gaelic vb. (infl of gd thoir past)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
tug n. 1 A sudden powerful pull. 2 (lb en nautical) A tugboat. 3 (lb en obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. 4 A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5 A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 6 (lb en mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 7 (lb en slang) An act of male masturbation. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To pull or drag with great effort. 2 (lb en transitive) To pull hard repeatedly. 3 (lb en transitive) To tow by tugboat. 4 (lb en slang ambitransitive) To masturbate.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
tug n. 1 A sudden powerful pull. 2 (lb en nautical) A tugboat. 3 (lb en obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. 4 A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5 A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 6 (lb en mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 7 (lb en slang) An act of male masturbation. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To pull or drag with great effort. 2 (lb en transitive) To pull hard repeatedly. 3 (lb en transitive) To tow by tugboat. 4 (lb en slang ambitransitive) To masturbate. Scottish Gaelic vb. (infl of gd thoir past)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
tug n. 1 A sudden powerful pull. 2 (lb en nautical) A tugboat. 3 (lb en obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. 4 A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5 A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 6 (lb en mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 7 (lb en slang) An act of male masturbation. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To pull or drag with great effort. 2 (lb en transitive) To pull hard repeatedly. 3 (lb en transitive) To tow by tugboat. 4 (lb en slang ambitransitive) To masturbate. Scottish Gaelic vb. (infl of gd thoir past)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tug Englanti n. (''merenkulku'') hinaaja Englanti vb. vetää, kiskoa, nykäistä, tempaistaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tug Engelska n. 1 drag 2 bogserare 3 (tagg sjöfart språk=en) bogserbåt Engelska vb. 1 dra 2 bogseraFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ trekFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Tug /tˈʌɡ/ الشدّةFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
tug //tʌɡ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. дърпам to pull repeatedly 2. влача, тегля to pull with great effort 3. взимам на буксир to tow by tugboat
tug /tˈʌɡ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]táhnout
tug /tˈʌɡ/ trhnoutFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ tahatFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ trhatFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ RuckFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], kräftiges Ziehen
tug /tˈʌɡ/ SchleppschiffFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Bugsierschiff , Bugsierschlepper , Schlepper [naut.] Synonyms: towing boat, towboat, tugboat see: towing boats, towboats, tugboats, tugs
tug /tˈʌɡ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]schleppen [ein Schiff] , bugsieren [naut.] Synonym: tow see: towing, tugging, towed, tugged Note: a ship
tug /tˈʌɡ/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]zerren see: tugging, tugged, tugs, tugged
tug /tˈʌɡ/ τράβηγμαFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
tug //tʌɡ//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]1. purunaru dog toy 2. nykäisy, nykäys sudden pull
tug //tʌɡ//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]1. kiskoa, nykiä, riuhtoa to pull repeatedly 2. kiskaista, nykäistä, raahata, riuhtaista to pull with great effort 3. hinata to tow by tugboat
tug /tʌg/ tirerFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. झटके~से~खींचना "He tugged so hard that the latch broke."
tug /tˈʌɡ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. झटका "The crowd gave a tug and there was stampede."
tug /tˈʌɡ/ brod tegljač, brod za vuču, istezanje, lanac za vuču, remorker, tegliti, tegljenje, trzanje, vući, vuča, vučenje, šleperFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ 1. vontatás 2. ellentartó 3. vontató-repülôgép 4. istráng 5. vontatógôzös 6. feszítés 7. kikötôi vontató 8. kikötôi vontatóhajó 9. húzás 10. révkalauzhajó 11. rántás 12. meghúzás 13. megrántásFrom English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]
tug /tˈʌɡ/ 1. tirare 2. rimorchiatoreFrom English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
tug /tʌg/ 1. vilkti, tempti, traukti, buksyruoti 2. vilkimas, traukimas, buksyravimasFrom English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
tug /tʌg/ 1. rukken 2. trekken 3. sleepbootFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
tug /tʌg/ I.From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]ciągnąć (at sth - za coś) II. 1. pociągnięcie 2. tug boat /tˈʌɡ bˈəʊt/ holownik
tug /tʌg/ 1. sacar, puxar, tirar 2. rebocadorFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
tug /tʌg/ tirarFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
tug //tʌɡ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. dra to pull repeatedly 2. dra, släpa to pull with great effort 3. bogsera to tow by tugboat
tug /tˈʌɡ/ 1. . kuvvetle çekmek 2. çekmek, çekelemek 3. kuvvetli çekiş, büyük gayret 4. römorkör 5. koşum kayışı. tug boat römorkör. tug of war halat çekme oyunu 6. şiddetli rekabet.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈtəɡ/
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "tug": adduct, adduction, affinity, allurement, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, back band, backstrap, battle, be magnetic, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle, caparison, capillarity, capillary attraction, cavesson, centripetal force, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb, draft, drag, draggle, draw, draw towards, drive, fight, gag swivel, girth, gravitation, gravity, hackamore, hale, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, haul, have an attraction, headgear, headstall, heave, hip straps, jaquima, jerk line, lines, lug, lure, magnet, magnetism, magnetize, martingale, moil, mutual attraction, noseband, oppugn, overexert, overexertion, overextend, overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing, pole strap, press, pull, pull towards, pulling power, rack, reins, ribbons, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, snake, strain, strain every nerve, straining, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, strive, surcingle, sweat blood, sympathy, tack, tackle, take in tow, tax, taxing, tense, tension, toil, tow, traction, trail, train, trappings, trawl, troll, war, warfare, winker braces, work, yokeFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 用力拉,拖船; v. 用力拉;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 用力拉,拖船,苦干,挣扎,绳索 vi. vt. 用力拉