scug
scug · scugs · scugged · scugging
To shelter; to protectTo shelter; to protect.
/skʌɡ/
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To shelter; to protect.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To hide; to take shelter.
Origin
Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow,Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow, reflection”). Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa (“a shade”).
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Forms
scugs, scugging, scugged, scuggedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.