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pull

English

  1. 🔊 the act of pulling
    “the pull up the hill had him breathing harder”
  2. 🔊 a sustained effort
    “it was a long pull but we made it”
  3. 🔊 a device used for pulling something
    “he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer”
  4. 🔊 special advantage or influence
    “the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull”
  5. 🔊 the force used in pulling
    “the pull of the moon”
  6. 🔊 a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    “he took a puff on his pipe”
  7. 🔊 a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
    “the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell”
  8. 🔊 strain abnormally
    “I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up”
  9. 🔊 take away
    “pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf”
  10. 🔊 take sides with
    “We all rooted for the home team”
  11. 🔊 hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
    “pull the ball”
  12. 🔊 cause to move by pulling
    “draw a wagon”
  13. 🔊 apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
    “Pull the rope”
  14. 🔊 rein in to keep from winning a race
    “pull a horse”
  15. 🔊 operate when rowing a boat
    “pull the oars”
  16. 🔊 steer into a certain direction
    “pull one's horse to a stand”
  17. 🔊 move into a certain direction
    “the car pulls to the right”
  18. 🔊 cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
    “A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter”
  19. 🔊 strip of feathers
    “pull a chicken”
  20. 🔊 direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
    “Her good looks attract the stares of many men”
  21. 🔊 bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
    “draw a weapon”
  22. 🔊 remove, usually with some force or effort
    “pull weeds”
  23. 🔊 perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    “perpetrate a crime”
  24. 🔊 tear or be torn violently
    “The curtain ripped from top to bottom”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 deshilar to pull
  2. 🔊 jalar to pull
  3. 🔊 atracción pull, draw
  4. 🔊 halar to pull, to tug
  5. 🔊 tirar to pull, to tug
  6. 🔊 arrastrar to pull, to tow, to haul
  7. 🔊 tirón pull, strain (a violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)

Similar words

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