Plug
Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
How words are described
| long | long plug | long wound |
| particular | particular plug | particular wound |
| normal | normal plug | normal wound |
| ordinary | ordinary plug | ordinary wound |
| Other adjectives: obvious, massive, large, big, huge, bad, new, last, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He has to leave it in the wound to plug the hole until he can find some glowing rocks to cauterize the wound.
Source: Heal It with Fire -
Generally they've smashed all the bits they're going to smash, and are now acting as a plug on the wound - and an infection can be fought off with antibiotics at the hospital.
Source: Worst Aid -
Black Comedy: Jennifer asking Needy for a tampon to plug her gaping stomach wound.
Source: Film / Jennifer's Body
Cite this Source
Wound and Plug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/wound
Plug & Wound. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/wound>.
Wound or Plug. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/wound.
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