| Tug 1. (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. 2. (v. t.) To pull; to pluck. 3. (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. 4. (v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle. 5. (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. 6. (n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. 7. (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. 8. (n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 9. (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. Thesaurus Entries 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 |