## Meanings
1. The object with metal pins at the end of an electrical wire that you put into a socket.
2. A round object used to block a hole, especially in a sink or bath.
3. To block or fill a hole.
4. To connect a piece of equipment to an electricity supply or another device.

## Examples
- I pushed the plug back into the socket and the lamp lit up.
- Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
- They plugged the gap in the wall with cement.
- Remember to plug in the charger overnight.

## Synonyms
- block
- peg
- persevere
- pin
- pound
- stopper
- stopple

## Derived Forms
- bathplug
- butt-plug
- drainplug
- earplug
- europlug
- fireplug
- fuckplug
- hawse-plug
- hotplug
- miniplug
- misplug
- multiplug

## Related Forms
- bunghole
- lid
- outlet
- plughole

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plug
- Root: plugge
- Root: *pluggi
- Root: *plugi
- Root: *plugjaz

## Etymology
From Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Dutch plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate. Compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). Possibly akin to Lithuanian plúkti (“to strik…

## AI Etymology
Plug comes from Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Dutch plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate. Compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). The historical chain includes plug (Dutch), plugge (Middle Dutch), *pluggi (odt), *plugi (Proto-West Germanic), *plugjaz (Proto-Germanic). In present-day English it covers the object with metal pins at the end of an electrical wire that you put into a socket, a round object used to block a hole, especially in a sink or bath, and to block or fill a hole. The wider family includes derived forms such as bathplug, butt-plug, drainplug, earplug, europlug and related forms such as bunghole, lid, outlet, plughole.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Energy & Industry

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