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to pug

to pug

1 9.9
To mix clay until it becomes smooth and easy to shape
  • verb
  • /pʌg/
  • Specialized
translation icon : amasar

Examples

  • Pug, pug, pug.

    The TRIP (2024)

  • Do you pug?

    Blog text (12)

  • "You pug-faced twerp."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • To create the sculpture, she will pug the clay until it is perfectly smooth.

  • Before molding the pottery, it is essential to pug the clay properly.

  • He learned how to pug the clay using a machine in the art studio.

Antonyms

to separate out
  • Specialized
7 3.7

Remove one part from a mixture using a filter or another method

Compounds

pug nose
1 5.1

A short, flat nose with the tip turned up

pug-nosed
1 7.3

Having a short, flat nose that turns up slightly

How Smooth

to homogenize
  • Specialized
12 6.1
to pug
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to knead
14 3.5
to stir
152 1.0
to mix
416 1.0

Surface Forms

pug infinitive
pugged past
pugged past participle
pugging present participle
pugs third person singular

Etymology

Pug (verb) probably comes from an old word meaning 'to knead', and in pottery it means to mix or knead clay until it is smooth. So to pug clay is to make it like dough before shaping it.