See lug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(transitive, sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull."
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"To run at too slow a speed."
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"To pull toward the inside rail (\"lugging in\") or the outside rail (\"lugging out\") during a race."
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"(intransitive, horse-racing) To pull toward the inside rail (\"lugging in\") or the outside rail (\"lugging out\") during a race."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎrpam",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "дърпам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlača",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "влача"
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "baguod"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "kiskoa"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "trimbaler"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "traîner"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "ransir"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "restexar"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "yiłjiid"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "tirassar"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "cargar con"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "arrastrar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "jalar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "acarrear"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "carrear (disused)"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "kånka"
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"text": "eight lugs of grownd; / Into the which returning backe, he fell",
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"A lugsail."
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"(nautical) A lugsail."
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"The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up."
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"(harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up."
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