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Noun plug has 7 senses
- plug, stopper, stopple - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
--1 is a kind of blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
--1 has particulars:
- chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco
--2 is a kind of morsel, bit, bite
- ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug - blatant or sensational promotion
--3 is a kind of promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
- spark plug, sparking plug, plug - electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
--4 is a kind of electrical device
--4 is a part of ignition, ignition system
- plug, male plug - an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
--5 is a kind of electrical device
--5 has particulars: telephone plug, phone plug
- fireplug, fire hydrant, plug - an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
--6 is a kind of hydrant
- hack, jade, nag, plug - an old or over-worked horse
--7 is a kind of horse, Equus caballus
Verb plug has 4 senses
- plug, stop up, secure - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
--1 is one way to close, fill up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- plug, plug away - persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"
--2 is one way to persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- punch, plug - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
--3 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue plug the movie
- plug - make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
--4 is one way to advertise, advertize, promote, push
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue plug the movie
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