tug's Usage Examples:

At this time, however, the Almohades had triumphed in Africa and invaded the Peninsula, where they were able to check the Portuguese reconquest, although isolated bands of crusading adventurers succeeded in establishing themselves in various cities of Alemtejo.

Bridges of this type have been erected at Portugalete, Bizerta, Rouen, Rochefort and more recently across the Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Runcorn.

The nearness of Brazil to the coast of Africa made it easy for the Portuguese to supply the growing lack of native labour by the wholesale importation of purchased or kidnapped Africans.

Kreo is equally influenced by French, Portugese, Yoruba and other local languages.

But joy ended in tears as normal time and extra time passed goalless - and Portugal won the penalty shootout.

They also noted that the Japanese tin mine tugboat crews seemed surprisingly well educated.

It is one of a small cluster named by the Portuguese "Ladrones" or Thieves, on account of the notorious habits of their old inhabitants.

Naturally nothing more was heard of the partition of Portugal.

in height when full-grown, with spreading branches drooping at their extremities; it has been much planted in Portugal, especially in the neighbourhood of Cintra.

Portugal had the ball in the net through sub Postiga but he was well offside and the game was destined to end scoreless.

Failing the arrival of a favourable reply from London by the 1st of December 1807, the tsar would help Napoleon to compel Denmark, Sweden and Portugal to close their ports against, and make war on, Great Britain.

In 1357, however, Alphonso died, and the infante was crowned king bf Portugal.

ANTONIO JOSE DA SILVA Portuguese dramatist, known as "the Jew," was born at Rio de Janeiro, but came to Portugal at the age of eight.

Synonyms:

pull in, attract, draw, draw in, pull,

Antonyms:

make peace, relax, unstrain, walk, repel,