[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tug \tug\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tugged; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tugging. oe. toggen; akin to od. tocken to entice, g.
   zucken to jerk, draw, icel. toga to draw, as. t'eon, p. p.
   togen, to draw, g. ziehen, ohg. ziohan, goth. tiuhan, l.
   ducere to lead, draw. cf. duke, team, tie, v. t.,
   touch, tow, v. t., tuck to press in, toy a
   plaything.
   1. to pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
      continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
      loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
      1913 webster

            there sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
                                                  --roscommon.
      1913 webster

   2. to pull; to pluck. obs.
      1913 webster

            to ease the pain,
            his tugged cars suffered with a strain. --hudibras.
      1913 webster
see also:
tugged tugging duke team tie touch 
tow tuck toy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tug \tug\, v. i.
   1. to pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug
      at the oar; to tug against the stream.
      1913 webster

            he tugged, he shook, till down they came. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to labor; to strive; to struggle.
      1913 webster

            england now is left
            to tug and scamble and to part by the teeth
            the unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tug \tug\, n.
   1. a pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest
      called tug of war; a supreme effort.
      1913 webster

            at the tug he falls,
            vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. a sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy
      articles. prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. a small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
      -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
      1913 webster

   4. a trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
      1913 webster

   5. mining. an iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a
      tackle is affixed.
      1913 webster

   tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace
      may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
      1913 webster
see also:
steam tug tugboat towboat tug iron 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tug
     n 1: a sudden abrupt pull syn: jerk
     2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
        syn: tugboat, towboat, tower
     v 1: pull hard; "the prisoner tugged at the chains"; "this movie
          tugs at the heart strings"
     2: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "she tugged for
        years to make a decent living"; "we have to push a little
        to make the deadline"; "she is driving away at her
        doctoral thesis" syn: labor, labour, push, drive
     3: tow a vessel with a tug; "the tugboat tugged the freighter
        into the harbor"
     4: carry with difficulty; "you'll have to lug this suitcase"
        syn: lug, tote
     5: move by pulling hard; "the horse finally tugged the cart out
        of the mud"
     6: pull or strain hard at; "each oar was tugged by several men"
     7: struggle in opposition; "she tugged and wrestled with her
        conflicts"
     also: tugging, tugged
see also:
jerk tugboat towboat tower labor labour 
push drive lug tote tugging 
tugged 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

121 moby thesaurus words for "tug":
   adduct, adduction, affinity, allurement, attract, attractance,
   attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, back band, backstrap,
   battle, be magnetic, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders,
   blinds, breeching, bridle, caparison, capillarity,
   capillary attraction, cavesson, centripetal force, checkrein,
   cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb,
   draft, drag, draggle, draw, draw towards, drive, fight, gag swivel,
   girth, gravitation, gravity, hackamore, hale, halter, hames,
   hametugs, harness, haul, have an attraction, headgear, headstall,
   heave, hip straps, jaquima, jerk line, lines, lug, lure, magnet,
   magnetism, magnetize, martingale, moil, mutual attraction,
   noseband, oppugn, overexert, overexertion, overextend,
   overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing,
   pole strap, press, pull, pull towards, pulling power, rack, reins,
   ribbons, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, snake, strain,
   strain every nerve, straining, stress, stress and strain,
   stressfulness, stretch, strive, surcingle, sweat blood, sympathy,
   tack, tackle, take in tow, tax, taxing, tense, tension, toil, tow,
   traction, trail, train, trappings, trawl, troll, war, warfare,
   winker braces, work, yoke

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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