plug

1. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

   I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.

   Stecker

   ште́псельная ви́лкаštɛ́pselʹnaja vílka, ште́псельštɛ́pselʹ, ви́лкаvílka

   ште́псельštépselʹ, ште́керštéker, ви́лкаvýlka

   electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

2. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

   (шире)An electric socket: wall plug.

3. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

   Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.

4. (США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.

   Near-synonym: chewing tobacco

   He preferred a plug to snuff.

5. (США, сленг)A high, tapering silk hat.

6. (США, сленг)A worthless horse.

   That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

   an old or over-worked horse

7. (устаревшее)Any worn-out or useless article.

8. (устаревшее, сленг)A book that fails to sell.

9. A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

   Dübelholz, Dübel, Holzdübel

10. (сленг)A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.

    During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.

    She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.

11. A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

    Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.

12. A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

    The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.

1. The spark plugs aren't the problem.

   Проблема не в свечах зажигания.

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2. Tom plugged in the coffee maker.

   Том включил кофеварку в розетку.

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3. Tom yanked the plug from the wall.

   Том выдернул вилку из розетки на стене.

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4. Tom pushed the plug into the socket.

   Том воткнул штепсель в розетку.

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5. Tom plugged in the radio and turned it on.

   Том подключил радио к сети и включил его.

   ukТом підключив радіо і ввімкнув його.

   deTom stöpselte das Radio ein und schaltete es an.

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