Jug

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
  • n. The amount that a jug can hold.
  • n. A small pitcher.
  • n. Slang A jail.
  • n. Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
  • v. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.
  • v. Slang To put into jail.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. The amount that a jug can hold.
  • n. Jail.
  • n. A woman's breasts.
  • n. A kettle.
  • v. To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
  • v. To put into jail.
  • v. To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • v. To nestle or collect together in a covey.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
  • n. A pitcher; a ewer.
  • n. A prison; a jail; a lockup.
  • n. A woman's breasts.
  • v. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water.
  • v. To commit to jail; to imprison.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • verb-intransitive. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. A prison; a jail: often called the stone jug.
  • n. A low woman.
  • To put into a jug; cook by putting into a jug, and this into boiling water.
  • To commit to jail; imprison.
  • To nestle together; collect in a covey, as partridges: sometimes used as transitive with reflexive pronoun.
  • To utter a particular sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • n. A sound fancied to resemble the note uttered by the nightingale and some other birds.
  • n. An act of worship by a Brahman supposed to give him preternatural power.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quantity contained in a jug
  • v. stew in an earthenware jug
  • n. a large bottle with a narrow mouth
  • v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • Verb Form
    jugged    jugging    jugs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    containerful    stew    detain    confine   
    Variant
    jugged    jugging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pitcher    ewer    prison    jail    lockup    imprison    vessel    graybeard    cruse    toby   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bug    Doug    Lug    Zug    antidrug    bug    chug    debug    drug    dug   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pitcher    flask    jar    bottle    keg    bowl    cans    goblet    vase    pail