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Sounds | puh'l |
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Rhymes | bagful, bull / Bull, full, and 9 more rhymes in uhl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of pulling. Applying force to move something toward or with you. |
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Examples | "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
Synonyms | pulling |
Narrower | drag; draw, haul, haulage; tug, jerk; draft, draught, drawing; extirpation, excision, deracination; pluck; traction |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Verbs | pull; pull; pull |
Meaning | The force used in pulling. |
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Examples | "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" |
Broader | force |
Verbs | pull; pull |
Meaning | Special advantage or influence. |
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Examples | "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" |
Synonyms | clout |
Broader | advantage, vantage |
Meaning | A device used for pulling something. |
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Examples | "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" |
Narrower | bellpull; pull chain |
Broader | device |
Verbs | pull |
Meaning | A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments. |
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Examples | "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" |
Synonyms | wrench, twist |
Narrower | sprain |
Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma |
Verbs | pull |
Meaning | A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). |
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Synonyms | puff, drag |
Part of | smoke, smoking |
Narrower | toke |
Broader | inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in |
Meaning | A sustained effort. |
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Examples | "it was a long pull but we made it" |
Broader | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat |
Verbs | pull |
Meaning | Cause to move along the ground by pulling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "pull a sled" |
Synonyms | draw, force |
Narrower | twitch; pull back; adduct; abduct; stretch; pluck, plunk, pick; tug; drag; haul, hale, cart, drag; attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in; yank, jerk; winch; pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off; hike up, hitch up |
Broader | move, displace |
Contrary | push, force |
Similar to | pull; pull |
See also | pull down; pull in; pull off; pull along; pull back; pull out, pull up |
Nouns | puller; pull, pulling |
Meaning | Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds" |
Synonyms | attract, pull in, draw, draw in |
Narrower | tug; catch, arrest, get; draw in, retract; bring |
Broader | pull, draw, force |
Contrary | repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back |
Similar to | draw in, retract; curl up, curl, draw in |
Nouns | pull; pull; pull |
Meaning | Move into a certain direction. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "the car pulls to the right" |
Narrower | cut in |
Broader | drive |
Similar to | pull |
Meaning | Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your kneees towards your chin" |
Narrower | wrench, twist; attract; pick at, pluck at, pull at; retract, pull back, draw back; draw close |
Broader | force |
Similar to | pull, draw, force |
Participle | pulled |
Nouns | pull, pulling; puller; pull |
Meaning | Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pull a bank robbery" |
Synonyms | perpetrate, commit |
Narrower | make; recommit |
Broader | act, move |
Nouns | pull |
Meaning | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
Synonyms | draw, pull out, get out, take out |
Narrower | unsheathe |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Similar to | pull; extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out; draw, take out |
Meaning | Steer into a certain direction. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" |
Broader | drive |
Similar to | pull |
Meaning | Strain abnormally. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" |
Synonyms | overstretch |
Broader | injure, wound |
Nouns | pull |
Meaning | Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | pull, draw, force |
Meaning | Operate when rowing a boat. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pull the oars" |
Broader | row |
Meaning | Rein in to keep from winning a race. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pull a horse" |
Broader | rein, rein in |
Meaning | Tear or be torn violently. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
Synonyms | rend, rip, rive |
Broader | tear, rupture, snap, bust |
Meaning | Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing. |
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Pattern | It is ----ing |
Examples | "pull the ball" |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Meaning | Strip of feathers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pull a chicken" |
Synonyms | pluck, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume |
Broader | strip |
Meaning | Draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort. Also used in an abstract sense. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "pull weeds" |
Synonyms | extract, pull out, pull up, take out, draw out |
Narrower | wring out, squeeze out; demodulate; thread |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out |
Meaning | Take sides with. Align oneself with. Show strong sympathy for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "I'm pulling for the underdog" |
Synonyms | side, root |
Broader | back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
Meaning | Take away. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out |