plug
noun
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.
plugged
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past participleof plug.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof plug.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
plugnouna piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
Example Sentences
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Standing in front of rows of what look like giant filing cabinets that contain Alps, he told AFP he was excited to have all of NASA's climate data plugged directly into the machine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We've shown that when tissue-resident macrophages don't have EP2 on their surfaces anymore or when that receptor is plugged up by a drug, this decline doesn't happen."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Teens have places to be, and parents want to stay plugged in along the way,” Uber said in its announcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It argued that going private would provide insulation from volatile quarterly earnings releases, or that Mattel could be plugged into another company’s established distribution flywheel, avoiding the costly effort of building one from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Layla asked as she plugged in the bottle warmer and filled it with a cup of water from the bathroom faucet.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
