Lug - English meaning

verb

Carry the weight of; support.

Usage examples:

The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun

A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.

Usage examples:

Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun

Be pregnant with

verb

Take or go with (someone or something) to a place.

Usage examples:

She brought luke home from hospital

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking

Usage examples:

Bring me that book./bring that book to me., i brought my daughter to the office., [ m ] next time y…

verb

To make something come to a particular place, point, or level

Usage examples:

Producers need to bring oil production to levels that create more stable and more sustainable oil p…

verb

Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.

Usage examples:

Medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher

noun

An act of carrying something from one place to another.

Usage examples:

We did a carry of equipment from the camp

verb

To transport or take from one place to another

Usage examples:

The plane carried 116 passengers and a crew of seven., would you like me to carry your bag for you?…

verb

Transport or carry to a place.

Usage examples:

Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

verb

To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people

Usage examples:

His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion., convey something to someone please convey …

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a particular place

Usage examples:

The goods are usually conveyed by rail., convey something to someone could you convey a message to …

verb

Pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

We dragged the boat up the beach

noun

The action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

The drag of the current

verb

Pull, as against a resistance

verb

Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.

Usage examples:

He ran to fetch help

noun

The distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Usage examples:

Wave disturbance was estimated by measuring the fetch for wave height on maps as the width of the r…

noun

The apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Usage examples:

I saw a fetch who looked like me

verb

(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage examples:

He hauled his bike out of the shed

noun

A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.

Usage examples:

They escaped with a haul of antiques

verb

Draw slowly or heavily

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

verb

Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

Usage examples:

A white flag was hoisted

noun

An act of raising or lifting something.

Usage examples:

Instead, dick persuaded fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a …

verb

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

noun

A rounded raised mass of earth or land.

Usage examples:

They sat on a hump of cropped grass

verb

Carry (a heavy object) with difficulty.

Usage examples:

He continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor

noun

A large, round raised area or part

Usage examples:

The car hit a hump in the road and swerved., speed hump uk local residents are asking for speed hum…

exclamation

Used to express slightly scornful doubt or dissatisfaction.

Usage examples:

Humph! i suppose i'd better take him

exclamation

A short, deep sound made with the lips closed, expressing anger or doubt, or pretended anger

Usage examples:

Humph, i see you've got yourself some lunch and you haven't made any for the rest of us!

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

verb

Move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort.

Usage examples:

Men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs

verb

To handle someone with force or push someone around, often when taking the person somewhere

Usage examples:

Security guards had manhandled some of the fans.

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

verb

Haul or carry (something heavy or awkward).

Usage examples:

She schlepped her groceries home

noun

A tedious or difficult journey.

Usage examples:

A rush hour schlep to the airport and back

verb

To carry an object with effort

Usage examples:

[ i ] we schlepped our suitcases into the airport., i’ve been schlepping all over town looking for …

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Usage examples:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

noun

The upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck.

Usage examples:

I was carrying a bag over my shoulder

verb

Another term for hard shoulder.

noun

One of the two rounded, bony parts of a person’s body on either side of the neck where the top of the arm is joined

Usage examples:

She put her head on my shoulder., it is usually women who shoulder the responsibility for the care …

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

verb

Carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial).

Usage examples:

Here are books well worth toting home

noun

A tote bag.

Usage examples:

A chocolate brown leather tote with ponyskin appliqué

noun

A system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered.

Usage examples:

He has taken a risk with the tote

verb

(of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar.

Usage examples:

A pickup van towing a trailer

noun

An act of towing a vehicle or boat.

Usage examples:

The cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed

noun

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning.

Usage examples:

In this process, which is much faster than that using guillotine cutters, tow is dyed, finished, cu…

verb

Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Usage examples:

The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry

noun

A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.

Usage examples:

Many possess their own forms of transport

verb

To take goods or people from one place to another

Usage examples:

The movers will transport thousands of pictures, charts, and recordings to the library., in many ci…

verb

Pull (something) hard or suddenly.

Usage examples:

She tugged off her boots

noun

A hard or sudden pull.

Usage examples:

Another tug and it came loose

verb

Pull hard