Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [poo l]
- /pʊl/
- /pʊl/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [poo l]
- /pʊl/
Definitions of pull word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of PULL pull media 3
- verb with object pull to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill. 1
- verb with object pull to draw or tug at with force. 1
- verb with object pull to rend or tear: to pull a cloth to pieces. 1
- verb with object pull to draw or pluck away from a place of growth, attachment, etc.: to pull a tooth; to pull weeds. 1
- verb with object pull to strip of feathers, hair, etc., as a bird or hide. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of pull
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English pullen (v.), Old English pullian to pluck, pluck the feathers of, pull, tug; compare Middle Low German pūlen to strip off husks, pick, Old Norse pūla to work hard
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pull
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pull popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pull usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pull
verb pull
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
noun pull
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
Antonyms for pull
verb pull
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bang into — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
noun pull
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- horsepower — a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
- impulse — the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
Top questions with pull
- how to get better at pull ups?
- how many reindeer pull santa's sleigh?
- how to pull a all nighter?
- how to pull an all nighter?
- why men pull away?
- how to pull a tooth?
- what muscles do pull ups work?
- how effective is the pull out method?
- how to pull an allnighter?
- how to do a pull up?
- how to pull out a tooth?
- when do they pull the powerball numbers?
- how to do pull ups?
- why do men pull away?
- how to pull out?