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Verb: lug (lugged,lugging)  lúg
  1. Carry with difficulty
    "They lugd the heavy furniture up the stairs";
    - tote, tug, hump [informal], haul
Noun: lug  lúg
  1. A projecting piece that is used to lift, support or turn something
    "The heavy machinery had lugs for attaching lifting chains"
     
  2. A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
    "The fisherman adjusted the lug to catch the wind";
    - lugsail
     
  3. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
    "The fisherman dug for lugs at low tide";
    - lugworm, lobworm
     
  4. [Brit, informal] The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
    "He cupped his hand around his lug to hear better";
    - ear, lughole [Brit, informal], earhole [informal]
Noun: Lug
  1. (antiquity) ancient Celtic god
    - Lugh

Derived forms: lugged, lugs, lugging

Type of: carry, Celtic deity, fore-and-aft sail, polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm, projection, receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor, transport

Part of: auditory system, bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], caput [technical], class Polychaeta, dome [informal], head, junk, lug wrench, lugger, melon [informal], napper [Brit, informal], nob [informal], noggin [informal], noodle [informal], nut [informal], Polychaeta, skull [informal], vestibular apparatus, vestibular system

Encyclopedia: Lug, Lodz Voivodeship