| Engels > Nederlands |
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| plug |
| 1. stop, prop |
| 2. stekker |
| Engels > Engels |
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| plug |
| 1. n. (electricity) a pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket |
| I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again. |
| 2. n. any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole |
| Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain. |
| 3. n. (US) a flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco |
| He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw. |
| 4. n. (US, slang) a high, tapering silk hat |
| 5. n. (US, slang) a worthless horse |
| That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory! |
| 6. n. (construction) a block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails |
| 7. n. a mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these |
| During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel. |
| 8. n. (geology) a body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape. |
| Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash. |
| 9. n. (fishing) a type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks. |
| The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper. |
| 10. n. (horticulture) a small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate |
| 11. n. a short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear |
| 12. n. (slang) a drug dealer |
| 13. v. to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole |
| He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk. |
| 14. v. to blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it |
| The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome. |
| 15. v. (intransitive, informal) to persist or continue with something |
| Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution. |
| 16. v. to shoot a bullet into something with a gun |
| 17. v. (slang) to have sex with, penetrate sexually |
| I'd love to plug him. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| stop |
| 1. n-m. An action of stopping, cessation. |
| 2. n-m. A plug for a sink, a stopper. |
| 3. n-m. An electric fuse. |
| 4. v. imperative of stoppen |
