lug
/lʌɡ/verb
उच्चारण लग
(भारी चीज़ को) घसीटना, मुश्किल से ढोना
Core word
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[T] ~ sth + adv./prep. informal
to carry or drag sth heavy with a lot of effort
(भारी चीज़ को) घसीटना, मुश्किल से ढोना
- I lugged my suitcase up three flights of stairs.
- Why are you lugging all these books around?
- We had to lug the heavy boxes up to the third floor.
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- The porters lugged our luggage across the platform.
- She lugged a bucket of water from the well to the house.
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[C] technical
a part that sticks out from sth, used as a handle or support
(पकड़ने या टिकाने का) उभरा हुआ हिस्सा, कुंडा
- The lid is held down by two lugs.
- The mechanic held the metal cover in place with a lug on each side.
- The handle is fixed to the pot by two small lugs.
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- He broke one of the lugs on the engine cover.
- The cover is bolted down at each lug.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
lug + object
Lug is a transitive verb: you lug a heavy thing from one place to another.
'Lug' transitive verb है: आप किसी भारी वस्तु को एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान तक घसीटते या ढोते हैं।
- He lugged the suitcase up three floors.
lug + object + adverb / preposition
The place or direction is usually added with up, down, around, along or to.
स्थान या दिशा प्रायः up, down, around, along या to से जोड़ी जाती है।
- She lugged her books around the campus all day.
lug + yourself
In informal English, lug yourself means to go somewhere with effort.
अनौपचारिक अंग्रेजी में 'lug yourself' का अर्थ परिश्रम के साथ कहीं जाना है।
- I had to lug myself out of bed for the 5 a.m. class.
lug (noun)
As a noun, a lug is a small projecting part used as a handle or support, as on a pan or tool.
Noun के रूप में lug किसी बर्तन या औजार का बाहर निकला छोटा भाग है, जो पकड़ने या सहारे के काम आता है।
- The pot has a lug on each side.
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lug + noun
bagsluggageequipmentboxesbucketsload
- The porter lugged the heavy bags to the platform.
lug + around / about
lug aroundlug aboutlug alonglug home
- Why lug around a dictionary when you have a phone?
adverb + lug
wearilypainfullyreluctantlyslowlygrimly
- He wearily lugged the sacks of rice.
lug + out / up / down
lug up the stairslug down the hilllug out of the car
- They lugged the water pots up the hill.
lug + noun (informal)
lug a rucksacklug a suitcaselug a toolboxlug a gas cylinder
- The delivery boy lugged a gas cylinder up four flights.
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- Radhika lugged a heavy bag of books to the library.
राधिका किताबों से भरा भारी बैग घसीटते हुए पुस्तकालय ले गई।
- Farmers lug sacks of grain to the market every Monday.
किसान हर सोमवार अनाज की बोरियाँ ढोकर बाजार ले जाते हैं।
- I don't want to lug all my notes to the exam hall.
मैं अपने सारे notes परीक्षा कक्ष तक ढोना नहीं चाहता।
- The coolie lugged our trunks across the bridge.
कुली हमारे संदूक पुल के पार ढोकर ले गया।
- She lugged the water cans up the hill each morning.
वह हर सुबह पानी के डिब्बे पहाड़ी पर ढोकर ले जाती थी।
- He had to lug a ten-litre can of water to the third floor because the pump had failed.
पंप खराब होने के कारण उसे दस लीटर का पानी का कैन तीसरी मंजिल तक ढोना पड़ा।
- Why lug a heavy laptop around when your tablet is enough?
जब आपका tablet पर्याप्त है तो भारी laptop लेकर क्यों घूमें?
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✗ He lugged to the heavy box.
✓ He lugged the heavy box.
Lug is transitive and takes its object directly, without to.
'Lug' transitive है और अपना object सीधे लेता है, बीच में 'to' नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all mean moving something, but only some suggest effort.
ये सभी क्रियाएँ किसी वस्तु को हटाना बताती हैं, पर कुछ में ही परिश्रम का भाव है।
Informal; to carry something heavy with effort and some annoyance.
अनौपचारिक; भारी वस्तु को परिश्रम और थोड़ी खीझ के साथ ढोना।
- He lugged the sacks home.
To pull something along the ground.
किसी वस्तु को जमीन पर खींचना।
- They dragged the boat to the shore.