Crossword-Solution: TUG
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tug | v. t. | To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port. |
| Tug | v. t. | To pull; to pluck. |
| Tug | v. i. | To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. |
| Tug | v. i. | To labor; to strive; to struggle. |
| Tug | n. | A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. |
| Tug | n. | A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. |
| Tug | n. | A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. |
| Tug | n. | A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. |
| Tug | n. | An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TUG | anagram | GUT, UGT |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with TUG (5)
The light steel windmills tremble throughout their frames and tug at their moorings, as they vibrate in the wind that often blows from one week’s end to another across that high, active, resolute stretch of country.
The dog, who now thoroughly understood her desire and her incapacity, was frantic in his distress on these occasions; he would tug at her dress and run forward.
Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!" But what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked.
For a moment it was a tug of war between Tars Tarkas and a great plant man, who clung tenaciously to my breast, but presently I got the point of my long-sword beneath him and with a mighty thrust pierced his vitals.
How could a young lad like him know there had been a fire on a ship which was not even in sight of the shore? Anyway, somebody was brought to the station and the officer said "Go with this man." Takis was taken to the coast at Palaio Faliro where he boarded a salvage tug, and they set out to sea.
Quotes with TUG (3)
Whoever said that love hurts was wrong. Love is excruciating, especially when you can feel it slipping through your fingers and there is nothing you can do about it. Like someone was playing tug-of-war with my limbs, ripping to shreds whatever was left behind. What it would feel like when love was lost... I wouldn't survive that
For the first time since she'd pieced her heart back together, she felt a small tug at one of the strings. She dropped her hands to her sides and took a step back. The one word she'd waited to hear could destroy her carefully constructed life. "Don't." Don't make me forget. Don't make it better. Don't make me love you again. - Autumn Haven
Writing is both an act of power and surrender. Passion and discovery. It is a tug at your soul that continues to pull you forward, even as you go kicking and screaming.” (p.18)
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 351 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).