'TUG' definitions:
Definition of 'tug'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden abrupt pull [syn: tug, jerk]
noun
verb
Pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"
verb
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: tug, labor, labour, push, drive]
verb
Tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"
verb
verb
Move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
verb
Pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
verb
Struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"
Definition of 'Tug'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Tug'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Tug'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'tug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- yoke
Acronyms for 'tug'
From: V.E.R.A.
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