(v) strive and make an effort to reach a goal, See Also: push on, Syn. labor, drive, labour, push, Example:She tugged for years to make a decent living; We have to push a little to make the deadline!; She is driving away at her doctoral thesis

tug

(v) tow (a vessel) with a tug, Example:The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor

tug

(v) move by pulling hard, Example:The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud

tug

(v) pull or strain hard at, Example:Each oar was tugged by several men

tug

(v) struggle in opposition, Example:She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts

tugboat

(n) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships, Syn. tug, tower, towboat

tugela

(n) a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap, Syn. Tugela Falls

tug-of-war

(n) any hard struggle between equally matched groups

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tug

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tugged p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging. ] [ OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. téon, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t., Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a plaything. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pull; to pluck. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To ease the pain,
His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tug

n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the tug he falls,
Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tug

v. i. 1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

England now is left
To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth
The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tugan

n. (Zool.) Same as Tucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tugboat

n. See Tug, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tugger

n. One who tugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tuggingly

adv. In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[强拉 / 強拉, qiǎng lā] tug #186133

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Tauziehen { n }

tug of war

Tugend { f } | Tugend und Laster | aus der Not eine Tugend machen

virtue | virtues and vices | to make a virtue (out) of necessity

Tugendbold { m }

prig

tugendhaft { adj } | tugendhafter | am tugendhaftesten

virtuous | more virtuous | most virtuous

tugendhaft { adv }

virtuously

tugendhaft { adj }

moral

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