· fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

Synonym(s): stop_up, secure

Hypernym(s): close, fill_up

· persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"

Synonym(s): plug_away

Hypernym(s): persevere, persist, hang_in, hang_on, hold_on

· deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"

Synonym(s): punch

Hypernym(s): hit

· make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

Hypernym(s): advertise, advertize, promote, push

· replace the center of a coin with a baser metal; "plug a nickle"

Hypernym(s): insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce

· insert a plug into; "plug the wall"

Hypernym(s): insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce

· insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

Hypernym(s): insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce

· (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal

· completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain was plugged"

Synonym(s): blocked