Operate
Plug
Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Common collocations
| device | operate device | plug device |
| computer | operate computer | plug computer |
| machinery | operate machinery | plug machinery |
| camera | operate camera | plug camera |
| Other words: mechanisms. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- And the other is, do not look down on the millions of blue-collar workers who trim weeds and plug leaks and operate utilities, because they're the only thing keeping civilization's handiwork from turning to rubble.
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