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# lug

«lug» in Mova's school dictionary: **to carry or drag something heavy with great effort** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (lugs, lugged, lugging); noun (lugs; old use, an ear)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lug is to carry or drag something heavy with great effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/#m1)

2) (old use, in old poems and tales) A lug is an ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a strong man lugs a heavy load; in old verse «lugs» means ears

### examples

- He lugged the sack up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/#x1)
- She lugged the heavy pot to the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/#x2)
- The fox lifted his lugs and listened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.