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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tug \Tug\, verb (used without an object)
1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton.
2. To labor; to strive; to struggle.
England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tug \Tug\, verb (used with an object) [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. t['e]on, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, verb (used with an object), {Touch}, {Tow}, verb (used with an object), {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.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. --Roscommon.
2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tug \Tug\, noun
1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden.
2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}.
4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
{Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tug
noun
1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {jerk}]
2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: {tugboat}, {towboat}, {tower}]
verb
1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"
2: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "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" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {push}, {drive}]
3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"
4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" [syn: {lug}, {tote}]
5: move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" [also: {tugging}, {tugged}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "tug": adduct, adduction, affinity, allurement, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, back band, backstrap, battle, be magnetic, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle, caparison, capillarity, capillary attraction, cavesson, centripetal force, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb, draft, drag, draggle, draw, draw towards, drive, fight, gag swivel, girth, gravitation, gravity, hackamore, hale, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, haul, have an attraction, headgear, headstall, heave, hip straps, jaquima, jerk line, lines, lug, lure, magnet, magnetism, magnetize, martingale, moil, mutual attraction, noseband, oppugn, overexert, overexertion, overextend, overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing, pole strap, press, pull, pull towards, pulling power, rack, reins, ribbons, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, snake, strain, strain every nerve, straining, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, strive, surcingle, sweat blood, sympathy, tack, tackle, take in tow, tax, taxing, tense, tension, toil, tow, traction, trail, train, trappings, trawl, troll, war, warfare, winker braces, work, yoke
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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