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pulled

pulled
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [poo ld]
    • /pʊld/
    • /pʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo ld]
    • /pʊld/

Definitions of pulled word

  • adjective pulled of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork. 1
  • verb with object pulled 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 pulled to draw or tug at with force. 1
  • verb with object pulled to rend or tear: to pull a cloth to pieces. 1
  • verb with object pulled to draw or pluck away from a place of growth, attachment, etc.: to pull a tooth; to pull weeds. 1
  • verb with object pulled to strip of feathers, hair, etc., as a bird or hide. 1

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Origin of pulled

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 Pulled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pulled 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".

pulled usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pulled

verb pulled

  • beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
  • catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
  • craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
  • cricked — a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
  • draggled — Simple past tense and past participle of draggle.

noun pulled

  • clouted — a blow, especially with the hand; cuff: The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
  • drew — simple past tense of draw.
  • glommed — Simple past tense and past participle of glom.
  • goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • leveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.

Antonyms for pulled

noun pulled

  • attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
  • jabbed — a poke with the end or point of something; a sharp, quick thrust.

verb pulled

  • chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
  • dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
  • extruded — Simple past tense and past participle of extrude.
  • goaded — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.

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