pug

carlin

Petit chien au museau court et aplati, au visage plissé et à la queue enroulée.

En anglais simple : A small dog with a short, flat nose, folds of skin on its face, and a curled tail.

• Our pug sleeps on the sofa.
• She walks her two pugs every morning.
• The pug puppy has a tightly curled tail.

Synonymes : pug dog

Expressions courantes : pug puppy, pet pug, a black pug

malaxer l'argile

Mélanger et presser l'argile humide pour la rendre souple, homogène et sans bulles d'air.

En anglais simple : To mix and press wet clay until it is soft, even, and free of trapped air.

• We pug the clay before shaping it.
• The potter pugged a fresh batch this morning.
• This machine can pug enough clay for hundreds of bricks.

Synonymes : knead

Expressions courantes : pug clay, pug wet clay