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lug
has definitions from the fields of zoology,nautical,clothing,religion
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[ verb ] carry with difficulty
Examples "You'll have to lug this suitcase" Used in print (Terence O'Donnell, "Evenings at the Bridge"...)A_few months ago it was a fairly typical landlord who in the dead of night lugged me up a mountainside to drink from a spring famous in the neighborhood for its clarity and flavor . (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)Maggie could n't seem to get her strength back or catch_up_with herself with all she had to do : there was the big basket of clothes to be coaxed through the rackety old washer and lugged out and lugged back ; there was the daily round of household chores in_which Maggie insisted on participating . Maggie could n't seem to get her strength back or catch_up_with herself with all she had to do : there was the big basket of clothes to be coaxed through the rackety old washer and lugged out and lugged back ; there was the daily round of household chores in_which Maggie insisted on participating . Maggie started laughing , and she laughed so hard she could n't stop , and she kept_on laughing while she lugged the clothes out to the yard to hang them up while the sun was still shining . |
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[ noun ] a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
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[ noun ] (Irish) ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun)
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[ noun ] (nautical,clothing) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
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[ noun ] (zoology) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
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