Peg - English meaning

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

noun

A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.

Usage examples:

He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside.

verb

Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

Usage examples:

All the doors were locked and bolted

verb

(of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.

Usage examples:

The horses shied and bolted

noun

A nail of rectangular cross section with a flat tip and a small, typically asymmetrical head.

Usage examples:

Drive 5/8-in. brads through the plywood into the cleats.

noun

Abbreviation for british rate and data: a book published every month giving detailed information about uk magazines, newspapers, etc. that contain advertising, for example how much they charge to include advertisements

Usage examples:

The certified figure is described as the 'abc circulation' of the publication in question, and is p…

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

A projecting peg used for holding together components of a structure.

Usage examples:

A rambling collection of old log buildings put together with wood dowels, the gakona lodge and trad…

verb

Fasten with a dowel or dowels.

Usage examples:

The pivot bearings are doweled into the face of the limb butts

noun

A rod, usually made of wood, that is used to hold two parts of something together by fitting into a hole in each part

verb

Close or do up securely.

Usage examples:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

Usage examples:

[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

noun

A square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts.

Usage examples:

The fid, therefore, must be withdrawn every time the top-mast is lowered.

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

noun

An act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.

Usage examples:

Workers faced a pay freeze

verb

To become cold enough to become solid

Usage examples:

[ i ] the rainwater froze overnight, leaving the roads icy., [ i ] freeze! keep your hands up!, [ t…

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

verb

Ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.

Usage examples:

The two riders hacked along the trail through the woods

noun

A cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners.

Usage examples:

The oil needs to be heated in the oven or on the hob

noun

A male ferret.

Usage examples:

He had one hob and the six breeding does

verb

Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.

Usage examples:

She was holding a brown leather suitcase

noun

An act or manner of grasping something; a grip.

Usage examples:

He caught hold of her arm

noun

A large compartment or space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft in which cargo is stowed.

Usage examples:

Oversized baggage is placed in the hold of the plane

noun

A piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on.

Usage examples:

A picture hook

verb

Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.

Usage examples:

The truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

noun

A short projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as a dead branch.

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

noun

The greatest amount, number, or level allowed or possible

Usage examples:

There’s a limit to her patience., two cups of coffee are my limit., spending limits were imposed by…

noun

A small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook.

Usage examples:

Don't try and hammer nails into the ceiling joists

verb

A medieval measure of length for cloth, equal to 2 1/4 inches.

verb

A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

noun

A small block or peg of wood.

Usage examples:

Why not just knock the last nog out and fit two more studs then replace the nog (only shorter)?

noun

A kind of strong beer brewed in east anglia.

Usage examples:

Nog was a very strong kind of beer peculiar to east anglia and a hogshead is about 60 gallons.

noun

A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.

Usage examples:

One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb

Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.

Usage examples:

He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun

An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

noun

A peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.

Usage examples:

He noted that some younger members had adopted the new techniques of rock climbing with pitons and …

noun

A spike (= a piece of metal with a sharp point at one end) that climbers put in cracks in the rock to support them or to attach a rope to

Usage examples:

The climbers follow the cracks in the face where they can wedge their pitons., the cables are attac…

noun

A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.

Usage examples:

A rectangular plate containing an iron rivet

verb

Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.

Usage examples:

The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear

noun

A metal pin used to fasten together flat pieces of metal or other thick materials such as leather

Usage examples:

Her performance riveted the audience.

noun

A short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running round it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place.

Usage examples:

The logs, the wood flooring, the cabinets, all of the materials down to the nails and screws which …

verb

Fasten or tighten with a screw or screws.

Usage examples:

Screw the hinge to your new door

verb

A simple machine with a threaded cylindrical rod and hole

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

A long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking.

Usage examples:

Thread the meat on to large skewers and grill over a gentle heat

verb

Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer.

Usage examples:

Skewer the cubes of beef, using six to eight per skewer

noun

A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

noun

A small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask.

Usage examples:

The spigot stem had an annular cutting edge to cut a cylindrical plug out of the bung or stopper by…

noun

A device used to control a flow of liquid, esp. from a container or pipe

Usage examples:

Fig. when an industry decides to lobby congress, the money spigot is always open.

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

noun

A small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask.

Usage examples:

Before beginning, sterilize both the spile and the jug with boiling water.

verb

Broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid.

Usage examples:

Well, firstly i'm still adamant that you can't beat a pint of cask-conditioned ale, properly tapped…

noun

A small piece of wood that is used to control the amount of gas in a barrel (= large container) of beer

Usage examples:

A small wooden peg called a spile is knocked into the top of the barrel., when fermentation starts …

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

The letter t, or a shape like that of a capital t.

verb

Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole.

Usage examples:

She fished in her pocket for a ball and teed it

noun

The twentieth letter of the alphabet.