'LUG' definitions:
Definition of 'Lug'
From: WordNet
noun
Ancient Celtic god [syn: Lug, Lugh]
noun
A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast [syn: lugsail, lug]
noun
A projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
noun
Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait [syn: lugworm, lug, lobworm]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Lug'
From: GCIDE
- Lug \Lug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged (l[u^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging (l[u^]g"g[i^]ng).] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lug'
From: GCIDE
- Lug \Lug\ (l[u^]g), n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]
- 1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mach.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Zool.) The lugworm. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A man; sometimes implying clumsiness. [slang] [PJC]
- Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
- Lug nut (Mach.), a large nut fitting a heavy bolt; -- used especially of the nuts used to attach wheels to vehicles.
- Lug wrench (Mach.), a wrench used to tighten or loosen lug nuts, usually a steel rod having a hexagonally shaped socket which fits closely over the lug nut; sometimes in the shape of a cross, having several such sockets, one at the end of each arm, to accommodate nuts of different sizes. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Lug'
From: GCIDE
- Lug \Lug\, v. i. To move slowly and heavily. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lug'
From: GCIDE
- Lug \Lug\, n.
- 1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lug'
From: GCIDE
- Lug \Lug\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
- 1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A measure of length, being 161/2 feet; a rod, pole, or perch. [Obs.] " Eight lugs of ground." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anvil,
- auditory apparatus,
- auditory canal,
- auditory meatus,
- auditory nerve,
- auditory ossicles,
- auditory tube,
- auricle,
- basilar membrane,
- bear,
- bony labyrinth,
- buck,
- carry,
- cauliflower ear,
- cochlea,
- conch,
- concha,
- conduct,
- convey,
- draft,
- drag,
- draggle,
- draw,
- drumhead,
- ear,
- ear lobe,
- eardrum,
- endolymph,
- Eustachian tube,
- external ear,
- ferry,
- fly,
- freight,
- gawk,
- hale,
- hammer,
- haul,
- heave,
- hump,
- incus,
- inner ear,
- klutz,
- lift,
- lobe,
- lobster,
- lobule,
- looby,
- lout,
- lubber,
- lummox,
- lump,
- lurch,
- malleus,
- manhandle,
- mastoid process,
- middle ear,
- oaf,
- organ of Corti,
- outer ear,
- oval window,
- pack,
- palooka,
- perilymph,
- pinna,
- pull,
- round window,
- secondary eardrum,
- semicircular canals,
- shell,
- snake,
- snap,
- stapes,
- stirrup,
- strain,
- take,
- take in tow,
- tote,
- tow,
- trail,
- train,
- transport,
- trawl,
- troll,
- tug,
- twitch,
- tympanic cavity,
- tympanic membrane,
- tympanum,
- vellicate,
- vestibule,
- waft,
- whisk,
- wing,
- yank
Acronyms for 'LUG'
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