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I don't listen to Nirvana plugged anymore. I think there's a whole group of people who have semi-forgotten that Nirvana used electric guitars because of the 'Unplugged' album. It's so great.
Steven Hall

Meaning of "plugged" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLUGGED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUGGED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plugged is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plugged in English.

WHAT DOES PLUGGED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plug

Plug, PLUG, plugs, or plugged may refer to: ▪ Plug, a plughole in a bathtub, washbasin and sink ▪ Plug, a family of fishing lures ▪ Plug, a planting technique ▪ Plug, a type of solid jewellery that may be worn in stretched piercings ▪ Plug, an unsupported adjustment to an accounting record ▪ Plug computer, a type of small-form-factor computer ▪ Butt plug, a sex toy designed to be inserted in the anus and rectum for sexual pleasure ▪ Core plug, designed to intentionally leak engine coolant when it freezes ▪ Earplug for ear protection ▪ Fusible plug, a safety device in steam boilers ▪ Hair plug, hair that has undergone hair transplantation ▪ Product plug, a slang term for product placement ▪ Volcanic plug, a geological landform ▪ Wall plug, a type of fastener used in buildings which allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls ▪ Mating plug, secretion used in the mating of some animal species ▪ Plug, the first step in...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLUGGED

PRESENT

Present
I plug
you plug
he/she/it plugs
we plug
you plug
they plug
Present continuous
I am plugging
you are plugging
he/she/it is plugging
we are plugging
you are plugging
they are plugging
Present perfect
I have plugged
you have plugged
he/she/it has plugged
we have plugged
you have plugged
they have plugged
Present perfect continuous
I have been plugging
you have been plugging
he/she/it has been plugging
we have been plugging
you have been plugging
they have been plugging
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 plugged
you plugged
he/she/it plugged
we plugged
you plugged
they plugged
Past continuous
I was plugging
you were plugging
he/she/it was plugging
we were plugging
you were plugging
they were plugging
Past perfect
I had plugged
you had plugged
he/she/it had plugged
we had plugged
you had plugged
they had plugged
Past perfect continuous
I had been plugging
you had been plugging
he/she/it had been plugging
we had been plugging
you had been plugging
they had been plugging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will plug
you will plug
he/she/it will plug
we will plug
you will plug
they will plug
Future continuous
I will be plugging
you will be plugging
he/she/it will be plugging
we will be plugging
you will be plugging
they will be plugging
Future perfect
I will have plugged
you will have plugged
he/she/it will have plugged
we will have plugged
you will have plugged
they will have plugged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been plugging
you will have been plugging
he/she/it will have been plugging
we will have been plugging
you will have been plugging
they will have been plugging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would plugged
you would plugged
he/she/it would plugged
we would plugged
you would plugged
they would plugged
Conditional continuous
I would be plugging
you would be plugging
he/she/it would be plugging
we would be plugging
you would be plugging
they would be plugging
Conditional perfect
I would have plugged
you would have plugged
he/she/it would have plugged
we would have plugged
you would have plugged
they would have plugged
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been plugging
you would have been plugging
he/she/it would have been plugging
we would have been plugging
you would have been plugging
they would have been plugging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you plug
we let´s plug
you plug
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to plug
Past participle
plugged
Present Participle
plugging
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLUGGED

plug
plug and play
plug compatible
plug gauge
plug hat
plug in
plug-and-play
plug-in
plug-uglies
plug-ugly
plug´n´play
plugboard
plugged-in
plugger
plugging
plughole
plugless
plugola
plum
plum duff

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLUGGED

bugged
chugged
debugged
drugged
flagged
hugged
humbugged
jitterbugged
jugged
logged
lugged
mugged
pugged
rugged
shrugged
slugged
snugged
tagged
tugged
unplugged

Synonyms and antonyms of plugged in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLUGGED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plugged» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of plugged
advert · advertise · advertisement · block · blow away · build up · bung · cake · chew · choke · close · cork · cover · fill · hype · mention · namecheck · pack · pick off · pigtail · pop · pot · promote · promotion · publicity · publicize · puff · push · quid · seal · shoot · spigot · stop · stopper · stopple · stuff · twist · wad · write up

Translation of «plugged» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLUGGED

Find out the translation of plugged to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plugged from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plugged» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enchufado
570 millions of speakers

English

plugged
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खामियों को दूर किया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توصيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подключен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conectado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্লাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

branché
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dipasang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

steckt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プラグイン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연결
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dicithak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लग इन केले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tıkalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collegato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podłączony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підключений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conectat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνδεδεμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ingeprop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pluggas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plugget
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plugged

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUGGED»

The term «plugged» is very widely used and occupies the 18.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUGGED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plugged

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLUGGED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plugged.
1
Sasha Alexander
I just saw the movie for the first time in its entirely last night. It's really cool when you're in with an audience that's so tuned in and plugged in to what's going on.
2
John Battelle
Search is now more than a web destination and a few words plugged into a box. Search is a mode, a method of interaction with the physical and virtual worlds. What is Siri but search? What are apps like Yelp or Foursquare, but structured search machines? Search has become embedded into everything and has reached well beyond its web-based roots.
3
Eric Burdon
The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.
4
Drew Curtis
Personally I'm hoping to spend the last years of my life plugged into a real life MMORPG simulation that makes me think and feel like I'm 18 again while my 90 year old body lies in a tube somewhere getting fed thru an IV. Be a great way to finish up a life.
5
Jim Drain
The whole body reacts to color. If you were to walk into an all-neon-pink room, it would be difficult not to react. I think it is a unified, human thing to feel color with everything. It is like standing next to a bass speaker plugged into your eyeballs.
6
Tom Freston
Read, listen to and watch everything you can. Explore the corners of popular culture and the arts. And, of course, these days you have to stay maniacally plugged in to the cutting edge of whatever technology is taking your profession into the future - otherwise you're toast.
7
Billy Gibbons
Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
8
Jeff Greenfield
History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.
9
Steven Hall
I don't listen to Nirvana plugged anymore. I think there's a whole group of people who have semi-forgotten that Nirvana used electric guitars because of the 'Unplugged' album. It's so great.
10
Alan Lightman
We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or not. And if we can't unplug from that machine, eventually we're going to become mindless.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUGGED»

Discover the use of plugged in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plugged and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plugged
Written with the warmth and wit that make the Artemis Fowl novels so irresistible, though with additional torture and violence, PLUGGED is a brilliant crime debut from a naturally gifted writer with a huge fanbase.
Eoin Colfer, 2011
2
Plugged: Dig Out and Get the Right Things Done
Part business book, part golf novel, Plugged resonates long afterwards and provides real world lessons that apply to the home, the office or the golf course.
Krissi Barr, Dan Barr, 2013
3
The Plugged-In Manager: Get in Tune with Your People, ...
Read this book.
Terri L Griffith, 2011
4
Who p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?
Hollywood private eye Eddie Valiant finds himself caught up in Hollywood intrigue, corruption, murder, and Toontown shenanigans when he is asked by Roger Rabbit to investigate an alleged affair between Jessica Rabbit and Clark Gable
Gary K. Wolf, 1991
5
Plugged-In Parenting: How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids with ...
Can parents stay connected to the media while staying connected to God and to each other? This book makes a powerful case for teaching kids media discernment, but doesn’t stop there.
Bob Waliszewski, 2011
6
Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work
They make up nearly one-third of all Americans living today. Born after 1980, they're now pouring into the work world with values, aspirations, and approaches that differ markedly from their parents--and coworkers.
Tamara Erickson, 2013
7
Plugged Arteries and Clogged Immune System!!
This book illustrates in an attractive and entertaining way how arteries get plugged and immune systems clogged.
Milton G. Crane, 2011
8
Plugged In
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Joel English, 2012
9
Plugged nickel
Jake Hatch, a railroad detective on the California Zephyr, discovers a severed corpse beneath the train after someone pulls the emergency brake and becomes embroiled in a bizarre mystery
Robert Campbell, 1988
10
Plugged-In to the Dynamic Word: Living in Faith, Love, and Hope
Plugged-in to the Dynamic Word shows the orderly connectivity of the parts of the Bible to portray a whole spiritual house of God's truth and grace housing His people. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xy9zQ4KaqcQ
Larry Grabill, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUGGED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plugged is used in the context of the following news items.
1
These are the Adidas sneakers Kanye West plugged during his …
These are the Adidas sneakers Kanye West plugged during his cameo on Caitlyn Jenner's reality show | Business Insider India ... «Businessinsider India, Jul 15»
2
Unplug and plugged in fan while PC was on, saw sparks.>
So as the title explains, while I was trying to fix an issue with a vibrating case that was extremely annoying I unplugged one of my fans that ... «Tom's Hardware, Jul 15»
3
Leak plugged, works to continue
The KWA plugged a leak on one line in Vellayambalam where pipe burst was reported on Friday evening. The burst occurred in 400mm premo ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
What really happened the night Dylan plugged in his guitar?
Then you know how the audience at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival felt when Bob Dylan hung a Fender Stratocaster around his neck, plugged ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Plugged in: Newport Folk Festival marks 50th anniversary of Bob …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - On the night of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan strode onto a stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar and ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
6
Pixels not worth a plugged quarter
That's the takeaway from Pixels, which might have made for a decent summer popcorn picture had it not been co-opted by Team Sandler and ... «CL Charlotte, Jul 15»
7
Android Auto: Why Your Phone Must be Plugged In
One of the comments I see very often on our posts, is asking why the phone needs to be plugged in when using Android Auto, even though it ... «Android Headlines - Android News, Jul 15»
8
Ottow plugged Fort school district into technology age
EYE ON THE FUTURE — As technology director, John Ottow has impacted the Fort Atkinson schools greatly during his 20-year tenure. In fact ... «Daily Union, Jul 15»
9
Plugged In: Movie ticket prices hit all-time high
WASHINGTON, DC — The cost of going to a movie hit a record high this year. According to the National Association of Theatre Owners, the ... «fox8.com, Jul 15»
10
Keeping Queens plugged in
This week's heat wave brought power outages and voltage reductions that again reminded 21st-century Queens residents of the power grid's ... «Ridgewood Times Newsweekly, Jul 15»

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