rig
/ɹɪɡ/ verb C2- To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment. · To rig such massive equipment requires experienced riggers
- To dress or clothe in some costume.
- To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner. · rig up a makeshift shelter
- To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes. · to rig an election
- To outfit a model with controls for animation.
He/she/it rigs · Past rigged · Past participle rigged · -ing form rigging
Verb forms
- Base form
- rig
- He/she/it
- rigs
- Past
- rigged
- Past participle
- rigged
- -ing form
- rigging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocée docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
Rachel says you went to church last Sunday with your hat rigged out ridiculous with roses and buttercups.
Rachel says she thought she would sink through the floor when she saw you come in all rigged out like that.
Another flash showed him four men clinging to the shattered mast and the rigging, while a fifth clung to the broken rudder.
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