Jug

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
  • noun. The amount that a jug can hold.
  • noun. A small pitcher.
  • noun. A jail.
  • noun. A woman's breasts.
  • transitive verb. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.
  • transitive verb. To put into jail.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A vessel, usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, of various sizes and shapes, and generally provided with a handle or ear, used for holding and conveying liquors; a drinking-vessel; a pitcher; a ewer; in the United States, specifically, an earthenware vessel with a swelling or a cylindrical body, a handle, and a narrow neck and orifice, usually stopped by a cork. As a quantity of ale or beer, a jug is usually a pint.
  • noun. A prison; a jail: often called the stone jug.
  • noun. A low woman.
  • To nestle together; collect in a covey, as partridges: sometimes used as transitive with reflexive pronoun.
  • To put into a jug; cook by putting into a jug, and this into boiling water.
  • To commit to jail; imprison.
  • noun. A sound fancied to resemble the note uttered by the nightingale and some other birds.
  • noun. An act of worship by a Brahman supposed to give him preternatural power.
  • To utter a particular sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • intransitive verb. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
  • transitive verb. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water.
  • transitive verb. To commit to jail; to imprison.
  • noun. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
  • noun. A pitcher; a ewer.
  • noun. A prison; a jail; a lockup.
  • noun. A woman's breasts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
  • noun. The amount that a jug can hold.
  • noun. Jail.
  • noun. A woman's breasts.
  • noun. A kettle.
  • verb. To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
  • verb. To put into jail.
  • verb. To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • verb. To nestle or collect together in a covey.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quantity contained in a jug
  • verb. stew in an earthenware jug
  • noun. a large bottle with a narrow mouth
  • verb. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • Word Usage
    "You know right away how you've done and the jug is about the same size as the heart/lungs on a deer."
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    Bug  Doug  Lug  Zug  antidrug  
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    basin  beaker  bottle  bowl  cans  
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    jugged  jugging  
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    jugged  jugging  jugs