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plug
English
Etymology
1606; from Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi. Origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic: compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). Possibly akin to Lithuanian plúkti (“to strike, hew”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?g, IPA(key): /pl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
plug (plural plugs)
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- Synonyms: bung, dowel, stopper, stopple
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- Synonyms: (racing) bum, dobbin, hack, jade, nag
- (dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (slang) A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- (jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- 2017, Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin, The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (page 32)
- He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […]
- 2017, Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin, The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (page 32)
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Burmese: ???? (pa.lat)
- ? Japanese: ??? (puragu)
Translations
Verb
plug (third-person singular simple present plugs, present participle plugging, simple past and past participle plugged)
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- (transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
- 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
- I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...
- 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
- (slang, transitive) To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
Synonyms
- (persist): keep up, soldier on; see also Thesaurus:persevere
- (shoot a bullet): bust a cap, pop, ventilate
- (have sex with): drill, pound, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- gulp
Albanian
Alternative forms
- pllug
Etymology
From a South Slavic language language, from Proto-Slavic *plug? (“plough”), further derived from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz (“plough”), *pl?guz (“plough”). Compare Serbo-Croatian ????, Bulgarian ???? (plug), and English plough. Replaced parmendë in most dialects, which came to mean “wooden plough”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plu?/
Noun
plug m (indefinite plural plugje, definite singular plugu, definite plural plugjet)
- steel plough
- an instance of tilling
Declension
Synonyms
- parmendë
Derived terms
- plugoj, plugim
References
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- plugu
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plug?, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (“plough”). Compare also Daco-Romanian plug.
Noun
plug n (plural pluguri)
- plough
- Synonyms: aratru, aletrã, dãmãljiugu, paramendã
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From early modern plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz. Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?x/
- Hyphenation: plug
- Rhymes: -?x
Noun
plug m (plural pluggen, diminutive plugje n)
- wall plug (used to hold nails and screws)
Derived terms
- oorplug
French
Etymology
From English plug.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plœ?/
Noun
plug m (plural plugs)
- butt-plug
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plug?, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (“plough”).
Noun
plug n (plural plugur, definite singular plugu, definite plural plugurle)
- plough
Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plug?, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (“plough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plu?]
Noun
plug n (plural pluguri)
- plough
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plug?, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (“plough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plû?/
Noun
pl?g m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- plough
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plug?, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (“plough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plú?k/, /plúk/
Noun
pl?g or pl?g m inan
- plough (device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting)
Inflection
Further reading
- “plug”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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accelerate
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin acceler?tus, perfect passive participle of acceler? (“I accelerate, hasten”), formed from ad + celer? (“I hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /æk.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/
Verb
accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)
- (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
- (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
- (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- (intransitive) Grow; increase.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
Synonyms
- (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
- (to quicken progress): expedite, further,
- (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward
Antonyms
- decelerate
- retard
- unaccelerate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
accelerate
- (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
- ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “accelerate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Italian
Adjective
accelerate
- feminine plural of accelerato
Verb
accelerate
- second-person plural present indicative of accelerare
- second-person plural imperative of accelerare
- feminine plural of accelerato
Latin
Verb
acceler?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of acceler?
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