5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tug  \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  t['e]on,  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. 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tug  \Tug\,  v.  i. 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tug  \Tug\,  n. 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tug 
  n  1:  a  sudden  abrupt  pull  [syn:  {jerk}] 
  2:  a  powerful  small  boat  designed  to  pull  or  push  larger  ships 
  [syn:  {tugboat},  {towboat}] 
  v  1:  pull  hard;  "The  prisoner  tugged  at  the  chains";  "This  movie 
  tugs  at  the  heart  strings" 
  2:  exert  oneself;  "She  tugged  for  years  to  make  a  decent 
  living"  [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" 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  TUG 
  TeX  User's  Group  (org.,  user  group  TeX) 
 
 

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