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verb

To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, equip, fit¹, fit out (or up), furnish, gear, outfit, turn out. See give/take/reciprocity.

noun

1. Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, tackle, thing (used in plural), turnout. See means.
2. A set or style of clothing: costume, dress, garb, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit, turnout. Informal getup. See put on/take off.

v. rigged, rigging 1. make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging: the catamaran will be rigged as a ketch | (-rigged) a gaff-rigged cutter.

2. assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailboat, aircraft, etc.) to make it ready for operation: most sails are kept ready rigged.

3. provide (someone) with clothes of a particular style or type: a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold.

n.

1. the particular way in which a sailboat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged: the yacht will emerge from the yard with her original rig.

2. a person's costume, outfit, or style of dress: the rig of the Army Air Corps.

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The penis. (1964 —) .
M. Amis All weekend I cried,...thought of ways of committing suicide,...considered lopping off my rig with a razor-blade (1973).

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For a list of words related to rig, see:

• Carriages - rig: general term for carriage and horse
• Clothing in General - rig: outfit, esp. unusual costume
• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - rig: gear or tackle
• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - rig: (vb) manipulate in advance to one’s advantage
• Paraphernalia and Behavior - rig: equipment for injecting drugs

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - udstyre med, rigge til, maje ud
n. - rig, takkelage

2.
v. tr. - manipulere med, fuske med
n. - fusk, manipulation

Nederlands (Dutch)
takels, uitrusting, booreiland, vrachtwagen, rijtuig, uitrusten, foerageren, takelen, manipuleren, improviseren

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - (Naut) gréer, équiper d'un harnais, équiper
n. - (Naut) grément, tour de forage, plate-forme pétrolière, appareil, (US) équipage, (US) semi-remorque

2.
v. tr. - truquer (des élections), frauder, manipuler (un marché)
n. - truquage, manipulation

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - (Naut.) auftakeln, ausrüsten, montieren, manipulieren
n. - (Naut.) Takelung, Ölförderturm, Kleidung, Ausstaffierung

2.
v. - (Naut.) auftakeln, ausrüsten, montieren, manipulieren
n. - (Naut.) Takelung, Ölförderturm, Kleidung, Ausstaffierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) εξαρτία, αρματωσιά, εφόδια, ντύσιμο, ρούχα, γεωτρύπανο, ειδικός τεχνικός εξοπλισμός
v. - εφοδιάζω, φτιάχνω πρόχειρα ή αυτοσχέδια, χειρίζομαι ανέντιμα, φτιάνω, (ναυτ.) εξαρτίζω, αρματώνω, εξοπλίζω, κάνω μανούβρες/λαθροχειρίες, σκηνοθετώ, στήνω

Italiano (Italian)
scherzo, attrezzatura, equipaggiamento, imbroglio, inganno, ingannare, manomettere, manipolare, truccare, armare, attrezzare, equipaggiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordame (m), fraude (f)
v. - encordoar, administrar fraudulentamente

Русский (Russian)
приспособление, оснастка, деррик-кран, одежда, буровая скважина, оснащать, подтасовывать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - aparejar, montar
n. - aparejo, equipo

2.
v. tr. - amañar
n. - plataforma petrolera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjuvknep, upptåg, oljerigg, svid, (sjö) rigg
v. - lura, manipulera, ekipera, rigga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
为装配帆及索具, 为装配构件, 装束, 打扮, 草草作成, 临时赶造, 装备, 服装, 帆具

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 為裝配帆及索具, 為裝配構件, 裝束, 打扮, 草草作成, 臨時趕造
n. - 裝備, 服裝, 帆具

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 삭구를 갖추다, 차려 입히다, 임시변통으로 만들다
n. - 의장, 장비, 낚시 도구

2.
v. tr. - 농간 부리다, 매점하다
n. - 사기, 속임수, 시세 조작

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 艤装をする, 不正に操作する
n. - 船の装備, 用具一式, 身なり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عربه وجيادها, ملابس (فعل) يزود المركب بالأشرعه, يكسو, يلبس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צייד (ספינה) במעטה, נערך (להפלגה), התאים בגדים או ציוד אחר, הכין בחיפזון‬
n. - ‮מעטה, צורת החיבל, ציוד, מיתקן, תלבושת, בגדים, משאית סמיטריילר, אדם המובחן ע"י מדיו או ע"י ציודו, מערכת תרנים ומפרשים בספינה, ציוד לביצוע משימה מסוימת‬
v. tr. - ‮רימה, זייף, סידר לטובתו‬
n. - ‮תחבולה, רמאות‬

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