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Meanings of lug in English

Catalan
embussar-se
Spanish
bloquear

Obstruct.

embussar-se
Catalan
arrossegar
Spanish
arrastrar

Carry with difficulty.

arrossegar
Synonyms
Examples for "stuff"
Examples for "stuff"
1
Good stuff was good stuff, however long ago it had been installed.
61 hours
2
Tell us more about stuff that happened 50 years ago this month.
The Irish Times
3
But in the sea of notifications is only good stuff, she said.
The Guardian
4
We've got great stuff happening; we just need to scale it up.
The Guardian
5
Be aware particularly of stuff that's happened in the past 12 months.
The Guardian
1
See that new cell block they're building right beside the golf course?
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
2
This silver block with attached chain is a good case in point.
The South African
3
However, block liner trains, which are booked by individual companies, will continue.
The Irish Times
4
Further controls allow people to block particular tracking systems while allowing others.
Reuters
5
On Sunday Austria's foreign minister threatened to block EU negotiations with Turkey.
Reuters
1
But his mad, frenetic beating makes me choke up all the same.
The Guardian
2
At last they quite choke up the bottom of the great round hole.
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
3
They would choke up the fountains of industry, and dry all its streams.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
4
I'm so... To my horror, I thought Quinn was going to choke up.
All together dead
5
It would be foolish to choke up in front of this strong woman.
The Hyperion Cantos
Portuguese
lug

Ancient Celtic god.

lug

Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait.

Usage of lug in English
1
Supreme confidence leads to addition of SexxBeard and electronic lug accoutrement 3.
The Guardian
2
Traditional liquid fuelled rockets need to lug enormous fuel tanks with them.
News.com.au
3
Yeah, it's a pain to lug 'em all the way from Japan.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
4
About an hour after noon, the snowmobile began to hitch and lug.
The stand
5
I lug from room to office to playground reams of ungraded essays.
Lit: a memoir
6
And I will lug out your gut to stuff like a sausage.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
7
He dared not lug her before a magistrate for fear of exposure.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3
8
As most owners will readily admit, their lovable lug will be missed.
BBC
9
My word, do you always lug around so much luggage with you?
Kafka on the Shore
10
They have a large lug sail with a mast that falls down.
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N...
11
Why lug your laptop when you could review them on your Kindle?
Wired
12
Now, that is a heavy box for a maid to help lug.
The Helmet of Navarre
13
An ordinary lug floundering, half-smitten, half-repulsed, in the belly of the beast.
The Irish Times
14
We don't want to lug off melons that are good for nothing.
In School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.
15
Probably want to use some high-strength steel bolted through your lug nuts.
Wired
16
The Sha-lug and the Faith were greater than the sum of any crimes.
Surrender to the will of the night
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Translations for lug
Portuguese
lug
Lug through the time
Lug across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common