fetch vs lug

fetch

noun
  • An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. 

  • A stratagem or trick; an artifice. 

  • The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. 

  • An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves. 

  • An act of fetching data. 

  • The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”). 

  • The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction). 

verb
  • To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. 

  • To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. 

  • To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. 

  • To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh) 

  • To reduce; to throw. 

  • To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. 

  • To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. 

  • To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. 

intj
  • Minced oath for fuck. 

lug

noun
  • The act of hauling or dragging. 

  • That which is hauled or dragged. 

  • A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables. 

  • An ear or ear lobe. 

  • A lugworm. 

  • A lug nut. 

  • A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw. 

  • A lugsail. 

  • A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it. 

  • A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support. 

  • A pull or drag on a cigarette. 

  • The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up. 

  • A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge. 

  • A request for money, as for political purposes. 

  • A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool. 

  • A rod or pole. 

  • Anything that moves slowly. 

verb
  • To run at too slow a speed. 

  • To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull. 

  • To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing. 

  • To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race. 

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