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snug down

snug down verb: to secure a ship or equipment on a ship, such as in preparation for a storm.

Verb

snug down (third-person singular simple present snugs down, present participle snugging down, simple past and past participle snugged down)

  1. (transitive) To secure a ship or equipment on a ship, such as in preparation for a storm.
    • Quickly snug everything down before the storm gets here.
    • "What is the use of running off-shore?" I said to Margaret, when the kites were snugged down and all yards trimmed on the wind. "Three hundred and fifty miles off the land is as good as thirty-five hundred so far as starvation is concerned."1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI

Forms of snug down

third-person singular presentsnugs down
present participlesnugging down
past participlesnugged down
pastsnugged down

Questions about snug down

What does snug down mean?
Snug down means to secure a ship or equipment on a ship, such as in preparation for a storm.
What part of speech is snug down?
Snug down is a verb.
What is the past tense of snug down?
The past tense of snug down is snugged down.

Words near snug down in the dictionary

  1. snufter
  2. snufters
  3. snug
  4. snug as a bug
  5. snug as a bug in a rug
  6. snug down
  7. snug harbor
  8. snug harbour
  9. snugged
  10. snugged down
  11. snugger

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