Tug

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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     2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
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              To ease the pain,
              His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton.
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     2. To labor; to strive; to struggle.
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              England now is left
              To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth
              The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tug \Tug\, n.
     1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest
        called tug of war; a supreme effort.
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              At the tug he falls,
              Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy
        articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
        -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}.
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     4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
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     5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a
        tackle is affixed.
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     {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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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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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, yoke
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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