Meaning of "jug" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JUG

Probably from Jug, nickname from girl's name Joan.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JUG

dʒʌɡ

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUG

Jug is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb jug in English.

WHAT DOES JUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jug

A jug is a type of container commonly used to hold liquid. It has an opening, often narrow, from which to pour or drink, and often has a handle. Most jugs throughout history have been made of ceramic, glass or plastic. Some Native American and other tribes created liquid holding vessels by making woven baskets lined with an asphaltum sealer. In American English usage, a jug is a large container with a narrow mouth and handle for liquids, and may be used to describe thin plastic sealed shop packaging for milk and other liquids. In all other English speaking countries a jug is any container with a handle and a mouth and spout for liquid, and not used for retail packaging. In American English "pitcher" is the usual word for wide-mouthed vessels, but all other English speaking countries these are called "jugs".

Definition of jug in the English dictionary

The first definition of jug in the dictionary is a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip US equivalent: pitcher. Other definition of jug is such a vessel used as a kettle. Jug is also a large vessel with a narrow mouth.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JUG

PRESENT

Present

I jug

you jug

he/she/it jugs

we jug

you jug

they jug

Present continuous

I am jugging

you are jugging

he/she/it is jugging

we are jugging

you are jugging

they are jugging

Present perfect

I have jugged

you have jugged

he/she/it has jugged

we have jugged

you have jugged

they have jugged

Present perfect continuous

I have been jugging

you have been jugging

he/she/it has been jugging

we have been jugging

you have been jugging

they have been jugging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I jugged

you jugged

he/she/it jugged

we jugged

you jugged

they jugged

Past continuous

I was jugging

you were jugging

he/she/it was jugging

we were jugging

you were jugging

they were jugging

Past perfect

I had jugged

you had jugged

he/she/it had jugged

we had jugged

you had jugged

they had jugged

Past perfect continuous

I had been jugging

you had been jugging

he/she/it had been jugging

we had been jugging

you had been jugging

they had been jugging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will jug

you will jug

he/she/it will jug

we will jug

you will jug

they will jug

Future continuous

I will be jugging

you will be jugging

he/she/it will be jugging

we will be jugging

you will be jugging

they will be jugging

Future perfect

I will have jugged

you will have jugged

he/she/it will have jugged

we will have jugged

you will have jugged

they will have jugged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been jugging

you will have been jugging

he/she/it will have been jugging

we will have been jugging

you will have been jugging

they will have been jugging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would jug

you would jug

he/she/it would jug

we would jug

you would jug

they would jug

Conditional continuous

I would be jugging

you would be jugging

he/she/it would be jugging

we would be jugging

you would be jugging

they would be jugging

Conditional perfect

I would have jug

you would have jug

he/she/it would have jug

we would have jug

you would have jug

they would have jug

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been jugging

you would have been jugging

he/she/it would have been jugging

we would have been jugging

you would have been jugging

they would have been jugging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you jug
we let´s jug
you jug

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to jug

Past participle

jugged

Present Participle

jugging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «JUG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jug» and belong to the same grammatical category.

carafe · container · creamer · crock · ewer · jar · pitcher · urn · vessel

TRANSLATION OF JUG

Find out the translation of jug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jug» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 水壶
• Translator English - Spanish: jarra
• English: jug
• Translator English - Hindi: सुराही
• Translator English - Arabic: إِبْرِيقٌ
• Translator English - Russian: кувшин
• Translator English - Portuguese: jarra
• Translator English - Bengali: জলপাত্র
• Translator English - French: cruche
• Translator English - Malay: Jug
• Translator English - German: Krug
• Translator English - Japanese: ジャグ
• Translator English - Korean: 주전자
• Translator English - Javanese: Jug
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bình có tay cầm
• Translator English - Tamil: குடம்
• Translator English - Marathi: कपडा
• Translator English - Turkish: sürahi
• Translator English - Italian: brocca
• Translator English - Polish: dzbanek
• Translator English - Ukrainian: глечик
• Translator English - Romanian: ulcior
• Translator English - Greek: κανάτα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beker
• Translator English - Swedish: tillbringare
• Translator English - Norwegian: mugge

7 QUOTES WITH «JUG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jug.

1

Basil Bunting

Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.

2

Carmen Dell'Orefice

My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.

3

Rocco DiSpirito

There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.

4

Edward Fitzgerald

A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.

5

Omar Khayyam

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.

6

Delia Smith

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.

7

Loudon Wainwright III

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUG»

Discover the use of jug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Jug of Silver

An underprivileged boy is determined to guess the amount of money in and thereby win a jug of silver coins so that he can do something very special for his sister.

Truman Capote, 1986

Stirrings in the Jug: Black Politics in the Post-segregation Era

Skeptical of received wisdom, Reed casts a critical eye on political trends in the black community over the past thirty years.

Adolph L. Reed, 1999

Back in the Jug Agane

I need hardly tell you the esential thing about a football i.e. nobody need tell me to get rid of it. i do not want it in the first place.

Geoffrey Willans, 2009

The Bug in a Jug Wants a Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book

Young readers can learn about short vowel sounds through rhymes, repetition, illustrations, and phonics.

Brian P. Cleary, 2008

One Hand on the Claret Jug: How They Nearly Won the Open

The Open has always featured triumph and disaster since it began in 1860 and this book is all about the latter of those 'two impostors'.

Norman Dabell, 2011

Jug Fishing for Greazy and Other Brad Paisley Fishing Stories

Jug. Fishing. for. Greazy. There are fish and then there are legends. What is it about the one that won't be caught? The proverbial one that got away? Every time an angler tells the story, the legend grows—along with a fisherman's ...

Brad Paisley, 2003

The cracked jug, or, Five answers to my neighbor Parley's ...

Petes Parley; (fori like to give every great man his title,) addressed five letters to me, with a Preface and a Postscript, which he called the " Fifteen Gallon Jug," and marked it, O. B. To have been thns noticed by so distinguished a personage  ...

Moses Williams, 1838

Fourteen clubs and the Auld Claret Jug: the caddies' inside ...

This compelling collection of golf stories from the past 16 years of championship glory contains fascinating descriptions of how Tiger Woods, together with previous winners of the British Open, triumphed--as viewed by their closest allies, ...

Norman Dabell, 2001

The Wishing Jug: And Other Stories

A selection of ever-popular Blyton short stories for the younger reader, with clear text and illustrated throughout.

Enid Blyton, 2006

Jug-or-not

You must choose between that jug of poison, or a broken heart and a painful death." " Nonsense ! " "If I could make you see this, you would clear your house of this fatal poison at once." " I can't see it ! I'll keep the jug awhile longer ; it has ...

Julia McNair Wright, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jug is used in the context of the following news items.

Lawrie defies age, ranking to make run at the claret jug

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Paul Lawrie is the oldest guy on the British Open leaderboard, one of the lowest-ranked players left in the ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»

Claret Jug the sweetest prize as Justin Rose chases childhood dream

The Open Championship returns to St Andrews “The Home of Golf” in July 2015 which will be the 144th Open Championship. For Rose, the ... «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»

A Wine Jug That's Fit for a Roman Feast or a Brooklyn Banquet

One of the most beautiful examples of early glassware is a first-century A.D. wine jug in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass by a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Valise, Motel Ice Machine, Steel City Jug Slammers among bands …

Catch Live at the Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa again Friday night from 6-8 p.m., this week featuring Steel City Jug Slammers (who will also ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

Loaf 'n Jug ribbon cutting

The grand opening celebration of the Loaf 'n Jug Pueblo West included special activities last weekend. Local radio stations provided remote ... «Pueblo Chieftain, Jul 15»

Philadelphia Jug Band to give free concert

ROCK HALL — The Philadelphia Jug Band returns for a free outdoor concert, bringing their good-time mix of folk, rags, stomps and old-time ... «My Eastern Shore, Jul 15»

'Road Hole' Provides Path to Claret Jug

Korean amateur golfer Jeong Jin and any other golfer who's played the famed 17th hole at St. Andrews knows just how difficult it is. (Adrian ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»

The Open: Arsenal fan Ian Poulter out to win Claret Jug then parade …

Ian Pouter aims to win The Open Championship this week and parade the famous Claret Jug trophy at his beloved Arsenal to complete a ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Why Spieth will, or won't, win Claret Jug

The 21-year-old Dallas resident arrives at the Old Course carrying the first two legs of the Grand Slam and a world of expectations. No one ... «TSN, Jul 15»

'Jug handle' OK'd as details are ironed out in Bonner deal

“Second, the 'jug handle' alternative to bypass Mirlo Beach north of Rodanthe had to be presented and approved by the merger team,” ... «The Outer Banks Voice, Jul 15»