Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 2
"She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 3
"The prisoner tugged at the chains"
"This movie tugs at the heart strings"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 4
"Each oar was tugged by several men"
Derived:
jerk
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 5
"The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 6
"The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"
Type of:
tow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 7
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Something is ----ing PP
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
54
Times Searched
3
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