tugs
Pulls with effort
Tugs is the plural of tug and the third-person singular verb form.
A tug is a sharp pull: She felt tugs on her sleeve.
A tugboat, often shortened to tug, is a powerful vessel that pulls or pushes larger ships.
To tug is to pull with effort or persistence: He tugs at his collar when nervous.
Heartstrings are tugged when emotions are stirred.
Deep emotional attachments
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- pangBrief sharp sensation
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
nostalgia · sentiment · pull · stirring · wistfulness · bittersweet · melancholy · poignant
Quick, forceful pull
- jerkAbrupt pulling motion
- pullForce toward oneself
- heaveForceful lift or throw
- dragResistance through fluid
haul · wrench · tow · strain · tension · grip · grapple · lug
Mooring structure at water's edge
- wharfShip docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- berthSleeping space on transport
marina · anchorage · mooring · waterfront · jetty · port · shipyard · slipway
heartstrings
Deep emotional attachments
yearning · nostalgia · sentiment · pull · stirring · wistfulness · bittersweet · melancholy · poignant · wrenching
yank
Quick, forceful pull
drag · haul · wrench · tow · strain · tension · grip · grapple · lug · hoist
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
berth · marina · anchorage · mooring · waterfront · jetty · port · shipyard · slipway · harbormaster
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- strainExcessive stretching force
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
toil · wrestle · heave · push · resistance · force · persistence · grappling · striving · work
towboat
Vessel for pushing barges
launch · barge · trawler · dredger · icebreaker
- Navieswarships, ships, cruiser, battleship, sailors
- river navigationriver traffic, lock gate, river barge, river locks, river depth
- ground operationstaxiing, towing, refueling, de-icing, baggage handling
- harness equipmenthorse collar, traces, reins, bit, breeching
- tugboat servicestowage, berthing, undocking
- pilotagepilots, harbor pilots, pilot boat, marine pilots, river pilots
tugsocean liners
Large passenger vessels
cruise ships · supertankers · aircraft carriers · cargo ships · freighters
- tug of warTeams pull rope opposite ways
- tug boatVessel that pulls others
- tug at heartstrings
- tug toyPet's pulling plaything
- tug of loveDispute over child custody
- tug at