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pull
- pronunciation:
- pUl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- pull out, pull through
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pulled, pulling, pulls |
| definition 1: |
to bring or try to bring closer by taking hold of and exerting force.
She pulled the swimmer to shore.
- synonyms:
- drag, draw, haul, tug
- antonyms:
- push
- similar words:
- hoist, lug, strain
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| definition 2: |
to draw after oneself or itself by attaching and moving forward.
The truck pulled the car to the station.- synonyms:
- draw, snake, tow
- antonyms:
- push
- similar words:
- bear, carry, transport
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| definition 3: |
to extract from a fixed position.
She pulled the nail from the board.- synonyms:
- extract, pick, pluck, yank
- similar words:
- tear, wrench, wrest
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| definition 4: |
to tear in a specified way.
She pulled the book apart.- synonyms:
- rend, rip, tear, yank
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| definition 5: |
to take out (a weapon), as to use it.
- synonyms:
- draw, whip out
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| definition 6: |
to attract.
His performance will pull a large crowd.- synonyms:
- attract, draw, elicit
- antonyms:
- repel
- similar words:
- beckon, entice, gain, get, lure, tempt
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| definition 7: |
to injure (a muscle) by stretching.
- similar words:
- sprain, strain, twist, wrench
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| related words: |
drag, draw, extract, gather, grapple, hale, heave, jerk, pick, pluck, row, stretch, tow, trail, trip, tug, twitch, whip, yank |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to transport or try to bring something closer by exerting force or grasping (often fol. by at).
- synonyms:
- haul, tug
- antonyms:
- push
- similar words:
- draw, pluck, wrench
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| definition 2: |
to move.
The car pulled into the driveway.- synonyms:
- draw, move
- similar words:
- advance, drive, proceed, progress
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| definition 3: |
to inhale deeply, as through a pipe or cigarette.
- synonyms:
- inhale
- similar words:
- breathe, draw, puff
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| related words: |
chafe, grapple, haul, row, strain, tug, twitch |
| phrase: |
pull out |
| phrase: |
pull through |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process, or an instance, of pulling.
- synonyms:
- draw, haul, tug
- antonyms:
- push
- similar words:
- hoist, jerk, pluck, rip, tear, tow, yank
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| definition 2: |
the force used in pulling or resisting acts of pulling.
She couldn't fight the pull of the waves.- synonyms:
- influence, pressure, stress
- similar words:
- force, gravity, intensity, might, power, strength, tow
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| definition 3: |
a prolonged exertion.
- synonyms:
- push
- similar words:
- effort, exertion, go, try
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| definition 4: |
influence.
- synonyms:
- clout, leverage
- similar words:
- control, influence, magnetism, power, sway, weight
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| definition 5: |
a thing used for pulling, as a handle or knob.
- synonyms:
- grip, handle, knob
- similar words:
- hold, lever, shaft, shank
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| definition 6: |
an act of inhalation, as of smoke.
He took a pull on his cigar.- synonyms:
- draft, drag, inhalation, puff
- similar words:
- draw
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| related words: |
drag, handle, hitch, magnetism, nibble, tension, twitch, wrench |
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