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Another word for plug

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Noun

  1. Something used to fill a hole, space, or container

      1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.
      2. One that causes something to stop:
      3. A card or cards enabling one to prevent one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge.
      1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
      2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
      3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
      1. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level:
      2. To supply or provide to the fullest extent:
      3. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
      1. The lightweight elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.
      2. Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.
      3. A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.
      1. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
      2. To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of:
      3. To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging:
    See also:

    full

  2. A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity

      1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion:
      2. Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional material:
      3. An advertising or promotional ploy:
      1. Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.
      2. Any of various natural bitumens, such as mineral pitch or asphalt.
      3. A resin derived from the sap of various coniferous trees, as the pines.
      1. Exaggerated praise, especially when used in publicity.
      1. Public interest, notice, or notoriety generated or gained by disseminating information through various media:
      2. The act, process, or occupation of disseminating information to gain public interest:
      3. Information about someone or something that is disseminated through various media to attract public notice:
      1. The act of promoting someone to a higher job, grade, or rank, or the fact of being so promoted.
      2. Support or encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance:
      3. Advertising; publicity.
      1. The act or process of amassing or increasing:
      2. The result of building up:
      3. Widely favorable publicity, especially by a systematic campaign:
      1. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
      2. Noisy shouting or uproar.
      3. To advertise or publicize by sensational methods.
      1. The act of advertising.
      2. A notice, such as a poster or a paid announcement in the print, broadcast, or electronic media, designed to attract public attention or patronage.
    See also:

    knowledge

Verb

  1. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container

      1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
      2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
      3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
      1. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level:
      2. To supply or provide to the fullest extent:
      3. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
      1. The lightweight elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.
      2. Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.
      3. A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.
      1. To overfill or overcrowd:
      2. To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).
      3. To become congested.
      1. Being near in space or time.
      2. Being near in relationship:
      3. Bound by mutual interests, loyalties, or affections; intimate:
      1. An obstruction or hindrance.
      2. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.
      3. A heavy, traditionally wooden-soled shoe.
      1. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
      2. To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of:
      3. To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging:
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
    See also:

    full

  2. To wound or kill with a firearm

      1. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
      2. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
      3. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.
      1. (literally) To remove by picking.
      2. To shoot one by one.
      3. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. one by one.
      1. A portable firearm, such as a rifle or revolver.
      2. A cannon with a long barrel and a relatively low angle of fire.
      3. A device resembling a firearm or cannon, as in its ability to project something, such as grease or paint, under pressure or at great speed.
    See also:

    help

  3. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product)

      1. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
      2. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
      3. To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
      1. Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.
      2. Any of various natural bitumens, such as mineral pitch or asphalt.
      3. A resin derived from the sap of various coniferous trees, as the pines.
      1. (idiomatic) To talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it.
      2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To talk louder.
      3. (intransitive) To speak in a plain and candid way.
      1. To give publicity to or draw public attention to:
      1. To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.
      2. To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.
      3. To contribute to the progress or growth of; further.
      1. To make popular:
      2. To present in a widely understandable or acceptable form:
      1. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
      2. To call loudly; shout.
      3. To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
      1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
      2. (idiomatic) To strengthen.
      3. Alternative form of buildup.
      1. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
      2. Noisy shouting or uproar.
      3. To advertise or publicize by sensational methods.
      1. To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales.
      2. To make known; call attention to:
      3. To warn or notify:
    See also:

    knowledge

  4. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity

    See also:

    knowledge

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Another word for plug

Noun

  1. An implement to stop an opening

      1. A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
      2. Something shaped like a wedge:
      3. A wedge-shaped formation, as in ground warfare.
      1. A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
      2. A stream or abundant flow:
      3. The fifth and last of the community cards in Texas hold'em.
      1. A faucet.
      2. A wooden faucet placed in the bunghole of a cask.
      3. The male end of a segment of pipe.
      1. A stopper, especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
      2. A bunghole.
      3. To close with a cork or stopper.
      1. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; a halt:
      1. An act or instance of filling.
      2. Something used to fill a space, cavity, or container:
      3. An edible mixture used to fill pastries, sandwiches, or cakes.
      1. A stopper; a plug.
      2. To close with a stopper or plug.
      1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.
      2. One that causes something to stop:
      3. A card or cards enabling one to prevent one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge.
      1. The lightweight elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.
      2. Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.
      3. A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.

  2. An electrical fitting

  3. A large pipe with a discharge valve

    See also:

    hydrant

  4. Tobacco prepared for chewing

    See also:

    tobacco

  5. *An inferior horse

    See also:

    horse

Verb
      1. An establishment, especially an outdoor movie theater, designed to permit customers to remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated.
      2. Of or being such an establishment:
      1. A male sheep.
      2. A battering ram.
      3. The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer.
      1. Free from danger or attack:
      2. Free from risk of loss; safe:
      3. Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
      1. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
      2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder:
      3. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
      1. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level:
      2. To supply or provide to the fullest extent:
      3. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
      1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
      2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
      3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
    See also:

    close

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Sentence Examples

  • She jerked the plug out of the sink and dried her hands.

  • The only thing we might be able to do is plug the holes.

  • "Cora. Plug the holes," he ordered.

  • When a plug was inserted in the spring-jack the connexion between the springs was opened, disconnecting the calling-drop from the line.

  • If we consider any short length of the stream bounded by two imaginary cross-sections A and B on either side of the plug, unit mass of the fluid in passing A has work, p'v', done on it by the fluid behind and carries its energy, E'+ U', with it into the space AB, where U' is the kinetic energy of flow.

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