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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)

  1. (transitive) to pull or drag with great effort
    The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  2. (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly
    He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  3. (transitive) to tow by tugboat

Derived terms

  • tug down
  • tug up

Translations

Noun

tug (plural tugs)

  1. A sudden powerful pull.
    • At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
  2. (nautical) A tugboat.
  3. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  5. (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
  6. (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

  1. train

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Icelandic

Noun

tug

  1. inflection of tugur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tug

  1. past tense of thoir

Usage notes

  • This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.

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transport

English

Etymology

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (carry or convey across), from Latin tr?nsport?, from trans (across) + porto (to carry).

Pronunciation

Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tr?nzpôrt?, tränzpôrt?, IPA(key): /t?ænz?p??t/, /t???n?sp??t/
  • (General American) enPR: tr?nzpôrt?, IPA(key): /t?ænz?p??t/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?ænz?po(?)?t/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?ænz?po?t/
  • Hyphenation: trans?port
Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tr?nz?pôrt, tränz?pôrt, IPA(key): /?t?ænz.p??t/, /?t???nsp??t/
  • (General American) enPR: tr?nz?pôrt, IPA(key): /?t?ænz.p??t/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /?t?ænz.po(?)?t/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /?t?ænz.po?t/
  • Hyphenation: trans?port

Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

  1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
  3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
    • We shall then be transported with a nobler [] wonder.

Synonyms

  • (carry or bear from one place to another): convey, ferry, move, relocate, shift, ship
  • (historical: deport to a penal colony): banish, deport, exile, expatriate, extradite
  • (move someone to strong emotion): carry away, enrapture

Translations

Noun

transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
    • 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53:
      In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.
  3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. (historical) A deported convict.

Synonyms

  • (act of transporting): conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping
  • (state of being transported by emotion): rapture
  • ((military) vehicle used to transport troops):
  • (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight):
  • (system of transporting people): See public transport
  • (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder):
  • (historical: deported convict): deportee, exile, expatriate

Translations

Derived terms

  • means of transport
  • public transport
  • transport interchange

Related terms

  • antitransport
  • transportability
  • transportable
  • transportage
  • transportation
  • transporter
  • transportive

Catalan

Etymology

From transportar (to transport).

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

Further reading

  • “transport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “transport” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “transport” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “transport” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch transport, from Middle French transport, from Old French transport, from transporter (carry or convey across), from Latin transporto, from trans (across) + porto (to carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tr?n?sp?rt/, /tr?ns?p?rt/
  • Hyphenation: trans?port
  • Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

  1. transport

Synonyms

  • vervoer

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: transport
  • ? Indonesian: transpor

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t???s.p??/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophone: transports

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “transport” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)

  1. transport, transportation

Derived terms


References

  • “transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)

  1. transport, transportation

Derived terms


References

  • “transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsport?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tran.sp?rt/

Noun

transport m inan

  1. transport (act of transporting)
    Synonym: przewóz
  2. transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
  3. transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
  4. load, cargo
    Synonyms: fracht, ?adunek

Declension

Derived terms

  • (verbs) transportowa?, przetransportowa?, przetransportowywa?, przytransportowa?, wytransportowa?
  • (nouns) transportowiec, transportówka
  • (adjective) transportowy

Related terms

  • (nouns) transporter, transporterka, transportacja
  • (adjective) transporterowy

Further reading

  • transport in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • transport in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French transport.

Noun

transport n (plural transporturi)

  1. transport

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. transport (vehicle)

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

transport c

  1. a transport, something to be moved
  2. a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
  3. a transport, promotion to a new job or task

Declension

Related terms

  • transportera

See also

  • befordran
  • export
  • import
  • kommunikation
  • minnessiffra
  • spedition
  • trafik
  • åkeri

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