1. noun
   1. cork; plug; stopper

      Examples of use

      And they brought him back to the ward two weeks later, bald and the front of his face an oily purple bruise and two little button-sized plugs stitched one above each eye.

      They brought him to the department two weeks later, shaved, with a fat purple bruise instead of a forehead, and a button-sized plug sewn above his eyes.

      One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Ken Kesey, page 15

      1. He knew he could put plugs in his ears to shut off the sound of them, but that would shut off the music too, and he didn’t want to feel that they were forcing him into a shell. He closed his eyes again.

         If you plug your ears with plugs, you won’t be able to hear them, but then you won’t be able to hear the music either - no, even if they don’t hope to drive me inside their own shell, he thought and closed his eyes again.

         I am a legend. Richard Matson, page 6

      2. He'd go to bed and put the plugs in his ears.

         You need to cover your ears and go to sleep.

         I am a legend. Richard Matson, page 8
   2. (fire) hydrant
   3. compressed tobacco (for chewing)
   4. electricity - plug

      Examples of use

      1. But he had hammered the jagged edges of the bullet hole smooth and driven a wooden plug into it and then cut the plug off and smoothed it even with the metal inside the helmet.

         But Joaquin used a hammer to smooth out the jagged edges of the hole, then drove a wooden plug into it and cut off the protruding piece flush with the surface of the helmet.

         For whom the bell tolls. Ernest Hemingway, page 323

      2. There is a way out. Let's disconnect the connector.

         Subtitles for the film "The Matrix (1999-03-30)", page 18

      3. It just sounds like you need to unplug.

         Looks like you need to be pulled out of the network.

         Subtitles for the film "The Matrix (1999-03-30)", page 2
   5. military - shutter
   6. geology - extrusive bismalite
   7. , colloquial - top hat (hat)
   8. American, used in the USA, colloquial - advertising

      Examples of use

      1. The best way I know to grab space is to own a magazine. I figure if I help him out with the movie magazine, he"ll give us a plug in his others. That adds up to twelve million copies a month."

      2. colloquial - a book that has no market
      3. American, used in the USA, colloquial - slow-moving goods
      4. American, used in the USA, colloquial - nag

         Examples of use

         1. No, Mr. O'Hara, you're mighty nice to want my horses, but you'd better go to Atlanta and buy some old plugs for your clodhoppers.

            No, Mr. O'Hara, I'm certainly flattered that you like my horses, but you'll have to go to Atlanta and buy some old boxes for your village ploughmen.

            GONE WITH THE WIND Volume 1. Margaret Mitchell, page 105
      5. slang; slang - bullet
   9. verb
      1. plug up, plug (often plug up); caulk

         Examples of use

         1. You plug‘em with cement when they’re sick.

            When trees are sick, they are treated with cement.

            To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee, page 65

         2. The President understands your criticisms of NASA are simply issues of security, and he is working to plug those holes.

            The President is well aware that your dislike of NASA stems solely from a desire for security, and is sincerely trying to clear up any misunderstandings in this area.

            Point of deception. Dan Brown, page 216

         3. Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, lounging about his sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The Times and smoking his before-breakfast pipe, which was composed of all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day before, all carefully dried and collected on the corner of the mantelpiece.

            As I expected, Sherlock Holmes - still in his dressing gown - was sitting in the living room, reading that column from The Times, which publishes information about the search for various persons, and smoking a pipe. He usually smoked this pipe before breakfast, filling it with all sorts of leftover tobacco - they were collected with special care and dried on the mantelpiece.

            The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Engineer's finger. Arthur Conan Doyle, page 4
      2. colloquial - to pore over (often plug away)
      3. colloquial - to popularize, to bring into fashion (about a song)
      4. American, used in the USA, colloquial - advertise intrusively
      5. slang; slang - shoot, shoot;
         plug in;
         to plug in the wireless set turn on the radio;
         plug up

More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word “PLUG” in dictionaries.

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  Webster's New International English Dictionary
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  Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - I. ˈpləg noun Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge; akin to Middle High German pfloc plug Date: 1606 1. a. ...
  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
• PLUG - n (1627) 1 a: a piece used to fill a ...
  Merriam-Webster English vocab
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  Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• PLUG - n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole, used to fill a gap …
  English Basic Spoken Dictionary
• PLUG - n. & v. n. 1 a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole, used to fill a gap …
  Concise Oxford English Dictionary
• PLUG - n. & v. --n. 1. a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole, used to fill a gap…
  Oxford English vocab
• PLUG - (plugs, plugging, plugged) 1. A plug on a piece of electrical equipment is a small plastic object with two ...
  Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
• PLUG - I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES close/plug a loophole (= change something so that there is no longer a loophole ...
  Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
• PLUG - plug.ogg 1. plʌg n 1. plug, plug; wedge; plug 2. 1> faucet (usually on the street) 2> fire hydrant...
  Anglo-Russian- English dictionary general vocabulary- Collection of the best dictionaries
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  Big English-Russian Polytechnic Dictionary
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  Large English-Russian Polytechnic Dictionary - RUSSO
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  English-Russian scientific and technical dictionary
• PLUG - plug noun 1) a) plug, plug (also translated) My wife had put the plug in the sink in order to fill ...
  English-Russian Dictionary Tiger
• PLUG - 1. plʌg n 1. plug, plug; wedge; plug 2. 1> faucet (usually on the street) 2> fire hydrant 3. ...
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• PLUG - 1. noun. 1) a) plug, plug (also translated) My wife had put the plug in the sink in ...
  English-Russian dictionary of general vocabulary
• PLUG - 1. noun. 1) a) plug, plug (also translated) My wife had put the plug in the sink in order to fill it up. ...
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• PLUG - 1) electrical connector plug, plug; plug 2) plug; stub. - answering plug - cable plug - calling plug - choke plug - connecting plug - direction-connection plug - …
  English-Russian dictionary on telecommunications
• PLUG - 1) plug 2) nail 3) plug 4) plug 5) bushing 6) bolt - bayonet plug - change over plug...
  English-Russian maritime dictionary
• PLUG - I n 1) infml I said I would certainly appreciate him giving me a plug - I said that of course I would...
  New English-Russian Dictionary of Modern Colloquial Vocabulary - Glazunov
• PLUG - plug n 1. infml I said I would certainly appreciate him giving me a plug I said that of course I would ...
  English-Russian new dictionary modern informal English language
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  English-Russian Automotive Dictionary - Russo
• PLUG - 1. noun. 1) a) plug, plug, stopper b) (fire) valve; electr. plug to insert, put a plug into a ...
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• PLUG - tampon; (bung) tapon (-ar)
  English interlingue dictionary
• PLUG - songsong
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• PLUG - I. noun Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch ~ge; akin to Middle High German pfloc ~ Date: 1606 1. a piece …
  Dictionary English - Merriam Webster
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• PLUG - (n.) A worthless horse.
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  Webster English Dictionary
• PLUG - (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  
• PLUG - (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - (n.) A worthless horse.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - (n.) A high, tapering silk hat.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - (n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• PLUG - v. cap, cork; stop up, block; publicize, advertise; punch, hit (Slang); shoot a person with a gun (USA Slang)
  
• PLUG - n. cork, stopper, stopple; rubber stopper for a sink; electrical connector; dongle (Computers); obstruction, block; lumpy mass that obstructs an …
  Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language - Editorial bed
• PLUG - noun a worthless horse. 2. plug noun a high, tapering silk hat. 3. plug noun a flat oblong cake of …
  Webster English vocab
• PLUG - n. glow plug plug into plug and play plug hat plug in plug ugly pull the plug sparking plug spark ...
  
• PLUG - n. Function: verb Inflected Form: plugged ; plug · ging Date: 1630 transitive verb 1 a: to stop, make …
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verb

1. shut up (shut up)
2. connect (turn on, connect, insert)
3. cork
4. pore over

noun

1. cork (plug, plug, shutter)
2. plug (plug, plug)
3. plug
4. candle
5. sleeve
6. advertising

Plural number: plugs.

Verb forms

Phrases

wooden plug
wooden cork

screw plug
screw plug

ear plugs
ear plugs

phone plug
telephone plug

cable plug
cable plug

mains plug
mains plug

plug the hole
plug the hole

Offers

Never plug your finger into the socket.
Never insert your finger into a socket.

Tom pushed the plug into the socket.
Tom plugged the plug into the socket.

Plug this in.
Plug it in.

Tom yanked the plug from the wall.
Tom pulled the plug from the socket on the wall.

Where is the plug for the razor?
Where is the socket for the razor?

If the plug gets dirty, wipe it off with a dry cloth before insertion.
If the plug gets dirty, wipe it with a dry cloth before plugging it into the outlet.

Let's plug up the hole.
Let's plug the hole.

Don't touch the plug of the AC power cord with wet hands.
Do not touch the power plug with wet hands.

The spark plugs aren't the problem.
The problem is not the spark plugs.

Tom plugged his headphones into his music player.
Tom plugged his headphones into his player.

Tom plugged in the vacuum cleaner and started vacuuming the room.
Tom plugged in the vacuum cleaner and began vacuuming the room.

He plugged in the radio.
He turned on the radio.

Tom plugged in his computer.
Tom connected his computer.

Tom plugged in the radio and turned it on.
Tom connected the radio to the network and turned it on.

The TV isn't plugged in.
The TV is not plugged in.

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