Verb: lug (lugged,lugging) lúg
- Carry with difficulty
"They lugd the heavy furniture up the stairs";
- tote, tug, hump [informal], haul
- A projecting piece that is used to lift, support or turn something
"The heavy machinery had lugs for attaching lifting chains"
- 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
- 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
- [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]
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