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tug
English
Etymology
From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *tug?n? (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tee, tow.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?g, IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)
- (transitive) to pull or drag with great effort
- The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
- (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly
- He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
- (transitive) to tow by tugboat
Derived terms
- tug down
- tug up
Translations
Noun
tug (plural tugs)
- A sudden powerful pull.
- At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (slang) An act of masturbation.
- He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
Derived terms
- tug of war
Translations
Anagrams
- GUT, UTG, gut
Elfdalian
Noun
tug n
- train
Declension
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Icelandic
Noun
tug
- inflection of tugur:
- indefinite accusative singular
- indefinite dative singular
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
tug
- past tense of thoir
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.
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bring
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan (“to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer”), from Proto-Germanic *bringan? (“to bring”) (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renk- (compare Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”)).
Verb
bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopeia.
Interjection
bring
- The sound of a telephone ringing.
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- breng (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch bringen, a dialectal variant of standard brengen (“to bring”). Both forms were originally distinct, though related, verbs, but were early on conflated.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br??/
Verb
bring (present bring, present participle bringende, past participle gebring)
- (transitive) to bring; to deliver
- (transitive) to take; to lead (to another place)
- Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
- Please, take these dishes to the kitchen.
- Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
Derived terms
- uitbring
- wegbring
Danish
Verb
bring
- imperative of bringe
Garo
Etymology
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Noun
bring
- jungle, forest
German
Pronunciation
Verb
bring
- imperative singular of bringen
Middle English
Verb
bring
- Alternative form of bryngen
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bringa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *bringan?. Cognates include West Frisian bringe.
Verb
bring
- (Föhr-Amrum), (Heligoland) to bring
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bring
- imperative of bringe
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br??/
Verb
bring (third-person singular present brings, present participle bringin, past brocht, past participle brocht)
- To bring.
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