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jug
glazed stoneware
jug
(jŭg)n.
1.
a. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
b. The amount that a jug can hold.
2. A small pitcher.
3. Slang A jail.
4. jugs Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
tr.v. jugged, jug·ging, jugs
1. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.
2. Slang To put into jail.
[Middle English jugge.]
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jug
(dʒʌɡ)n
1. a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip. US equivalent: pitcher
2. Austral and NZ such a vessel used as a kettle: an electric jug.
3. US a large vessel with a narrow mouth
4. Also called: jugful the amount of liquid held by a jug
5. informal Brit a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer
6. a slang word for jail
vb, jugs, jugging or jugged
7. (Cookery) to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container
8. (tr) slang to put in jail
[C16: probably from Jug, nickname from girl's name Joan]
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jug
(dʒʌg)n., v. jugged, jug•ging. n.
1. a large container usu. of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle and a narrow neck, sometimes with a cap or cork.
2. the contents of such a container; jugful.
3. Slang. jail; prison.
4. jugs, Slang: Usu. Vulgar. a woman's breasts.
v.t. 5. to put into a jug.
6. to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug or pot: jugged hare.
7. Slang. to put in jail; imprison.
[1530–40; perhaps generic use of Jug, hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name]
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Jug
to nestle or collect in a covey; the covey itself.Examples: jug of grouse; of partridge; of quail.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
jug
Past participle: jugged
Gerund: jugging
| Imperative |
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| jug |
| jug |
| Present |
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| I jug |
| you jug |
| he/she/it jugs |
| we jug |
| you jug |
| they jug |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I jugged |
| you jugged |
| he/she/it jugged |
| we jugged |
| you jugged |
| they jugged |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am jugging |
| you are jugging |
| he/she/it is jugging |
| we are jugging |
| you are jugging |
| they are jugging |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have jugged |
| you have jugged |
| he/she/it has jugged |
| we have jugged |
| you have jugged |
| they have jugged |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was jugging |
| you were jugging |
| he/she/it was jugging |
| we were jugging |
| you were jugging |
| they were jugging |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had jugged |
| you had jugged |
| he/she/it had jugged |
| we had jugged |
| you had jugged |
| they had jugged |
| Future |
|---|
| I will jug |
| you will jug |
| he/she/it will jug |
| we will jug |
| you will jug |
| they will jug |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have jugged |
| you will have jugged |
| he/she/it will have jugged |
| we will have jugged |
| you will have jugged |
| they will have jugged |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be jugging |
| you will be jugging |
| he/she/it will be jugging |
| we will be jugging |
| you will be jugging |
| they will be jugging |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been jugging |
| you have been jugging |
| he/she/it has been jugging |
| we have been jugging |
| you have been jugging |
| they have been jugging |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been jugging |
| you will have been jugging |
| he/she/it will have been jugging |
| we will have been jugging |
| you will have been jugging |
| they will have been jugging |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been jugging |
| you had been jugging |
| he/she/it had been jugging |
| we had been jugging |
| you had been jugging |
| they had been jugging |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would jug |
| you would jug |
| he/she/it would jug |
| we would jug |
| you would jug |
| they would jug |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have jugged |
| you would have jugged |
| he/she/it would have jugged |
| we would have jugged |
| you would have jugged |
| they would have jugged |
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Noun 1. [画像:jug - a large bottle with a narrow mouth]jug - a large bottle with a narrow mouth
longbeard, long-beard, bellarmine, greybeard - a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
water jug - a jug that holds water
whiskey jug - a jug that contains whiskey
2. [画像:jug - the quantity contained in a jug]jug - the quantity contained in a jug
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb 1. jug - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
2. jug - stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
stew - cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
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jug
noun container, pitcher, urn, carafe, creamer (U.S. & Canad.), vessel, jar, crock, ewer a jug of water
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
jug
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
إِبْرِيقٌ إبْريق
džbán
kande=-kande
kannu
vrč
kanna, krús
ジャグ
주전자
ąsotis
krūkakrūze
vrč
pattarpattetillbringaretutte
เหยือก
bình có tay cầm
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
jug
[ˈdʒʌg] n (small, for milk) → pot m; (large) → cruche fCould we have a jug of water, please? → Pourrions nous avoir une carafe d'eau s'il vous plaît?jugged hare [ˈdʒʌgd] n (British) → civet m de lièvre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
jug
1n
(Brit inf: = prison) → Kittchen nt (inf), → Knast m (inf); in jug → hinter schwedischen Gardinen (inf), → im Kittchen (inf) → or Knast (inf)
jugs (Brit sl: = breasts) → Titten pl (sl)
vt (Cook) → schmoren
jug
2n (of nightingale) → Flöten nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
jug
(dʒag) noun a deep container for liquids, usually with a handle and a shaped lip for pouring. a milk-jug. kan, kruik, karaf, beker إبْريق кана jarro džbán der Krug kande; -kande κανάτα jarro, jarra kann کوزه؛ پارچ kannu cruche כד सुराही vrč kancsó guci kanna, krús brocca, caraffa 水差し 주전자, 단지 ąsotis krūze; krūka jag kan kanne, mugge dzbanek صراحى، تنګ جك ( داوبو jarro ulcior кувшин džbán vrč bokal kanna, tillbringare เหยือก sürahi (有柄帶嘴的)壺 глек, глечик پانی یا مائع رکھنے کا گہرا لمبا ظرف، جگ cái bình (有柄有嘴的)壶
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jug
→ إِبْرِيقٌ džbán kande Krug κανάτα jarra kannu cruche vrč brocca ジャグ 주전자 kan mugge dzbanek jarra , jarro кувшин tillbringare เหยือก sürahi bình có tay cầm 水壶Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- A jug of water → إِبْرِيقٌ مِنْ الـمَاءِ → Vodu ve džbánu → En kande vand → Einen Krug Wasser → Μια κανάτα νερό → Una jarra de agua → kannullinen vettä → Une carafe d'eau → Vrč vode → Una caraffa d'acqua → 水差し一杯の水 → 물 한 주전자 → Een kan met water → En mugge med vann → Dzbanek wody → Uma jarra de água → Кувшин воды → En tillbringare med vatten → น้ําหนึ่งเหยือก → Bir sürahi su → Một bình nước → 一大杯水
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