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jug
(/dZ//@/g )

noun (n)

  • a large bottle with a narrow mouth(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the quantity contained in a jug(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    jugful
    source: wordnet30
  • A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • stew in an earthenware jug(verb.change)
    Example:
    Jug the rabbit.
    source: wordnet30
  • To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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