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plug
noun as in stopper
verb as in stop up
Example Sentences
They used an equation that, when plugged into NASA's ice-sheet and sea-level system model, simulated glacial dynamics for the past six millenia.
Hay said he doesn’t anticipate Trump will pull the plug on the case, but the Justice Department could soften its proposed remedies.
Comcast executives say they are not entirely pulling the plug on their cable channel business, noting that the new company will have resources to buy additional channels or other properties.
On-rushing defenders are more easily evaded and, moving at pace, the holes they leave behind are hard to plug.
“We’re not going to have a fence that stretches from Brownsville to Imperial Beach, but you’re definitely going to be plugging the gaps in key areas of Arizona, California and Texas,” he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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