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• plug into — verb plug into an outlet Please plug in the toaster! Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight • Syn: ↑plug in, ↑connect • Ant: ↑unplug (for: ↑plug in) …   Useful english dictionary

• plug into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plug into : present tense I/you/we/they plug into he/she/it plugs into present participle plugging into past tense plugged into past participle plugged into 1) plug something into something to connect a piece… …   English dictionary

• plug into sth — UK US plug into sth Phrasal Verb with plug({{}}/plʌg/ verb [T] ( gg ) ► IT to become connected to a piece of electrical equipment or to the main electricity supply: »The wireless transmitter plugs into a PC, TV, or stereo. ► to be suitable for or …   Financial and business terms

• plug — plug1 [ plʌg ] verb * 1. ) plug or plug up transitive to fill a hole so that nothing can get through it: plug something with something: Plug the hole with newspaper before applying the cement. 2. ) intransitive or transitive usually passive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• plug — [plug] n. [MDu plugge, a bung, plug, block, akin to Ger pflock] 1. an object used to stop up a hole, gap, outlet, etc. 2. a natural concretion or formation that stops up a passage, duct, etc. 3. a small wedge or segment cut from something, as… …   English World dictionary

• plug — plug1 S3 [plʌg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(electricity)¦ 2¦(bath)¦ 3¦(advertisement)¦ 4¦(in an engine)¦ 5 pull the plug (on something) 6¦(to fill a hole)¦ 7¦(for holding screws)¦ 8¦(a piece of something)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plug — pluggable, adj. pluggingly, adv. plugless, adj. pluglike, adj. /plug/, n., v., plugged, plugging. n. 1. a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge. 2. a core or interior segment taken …   Universalium

• plug */ — I UK [plʌɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms plug : singular plug plural plugs 1) a) an object used for connecting a piece of equipment to an electricity supply. It is fitted to the end of an electrical wire called a flex and you push it into a… …   English dictionary

• plug — 1 noun (C) 1 ELECTRICITY a) a thing used for connecting a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electricity: a two pin plug b) BrE informal a piece of plastic, usually on a wall, where electrical equipment is connected to the main… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English