Thesaurus: jug

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1. n. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
2. n. A pitcher; a ewer.
3. n. A prison; a jail; a lockup.
4. v. t. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
5. v. t. To commit to jail; to imprison.
6. v. i. To word/utter">utter a word/sound">sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
7. v. i. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
8. n. a large bottle with a narrow mouth
9. n. the quantity contained in a jug
10. v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
11. v. stew in an earthenware jug