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Jug

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Noun

1. jug

a large bottle with a narrow mouth

2. jug, jugful

the quantity contained in a jug

Verb

3. gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Example Sentences:
'The suspects were imprisoned without trial'
'the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life'

4. jug

stew in an earthenware jug

Example Sentences:
'jug the rabbit'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jug

see synonyms of jug
noun
1. 
a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip
. US equivalent: pitcher
2. Australian and New Zealand
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. British informal
a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer
6.  a slang word for jail
verbWord forms: jugs, jugging or jugged
7. 
to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container
8. (transitive) slang
to put in jail

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Jug

see synonyms of jug
noun
1. 
a. 
a container for liquids, usually large and deep with a small opening at the top and a handle
b. 
the contents of such a container
2.  Slang
a jail
3.  Slang
a bottle of whiskey
verb transitiveWord forms: jugged or ˈjugging
4. 
to put into a jug
5. 
to stew (esp. hare) in a covered earthenware container
6.  Slang
to jail
noun
1. 
a sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note
verb intransitiveWord forms: jugged or ˈjugging
2. 
to make a nightingale's sound or a sound imitating this

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jug

see synonyms of jug
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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