Pulling Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Pulling? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Example sentences, Related sentences, Words ending with Pulling, Synonyms, Derivations, Words starting with Pulling, How to pronounce and more...
Word: Pulling
How to pronounce: pʊl
Verb
Definitions:
1. Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.
Example sentences: "He pulled them down on to the couch"
2. Move steadily in a specified direction or manner.
Example sentences: "The bus was about to pull away"
3. Attract (someone) as a customer; cause to show interest in something.
Example sentences: "Anyone can enter the show if they have a good act and the ability to pull a crowd"
4. Cancel or withdraw (an entertainment or advertisement)
5. Play (the ball) round to the leg side from the off.
Example sentences: "After pulling the ball over midwicket, Cairns showed he was no one-trick pony."
6. (of a lineman) withdraw from and cross behind the line of scrimmage to block opposing players and clear the way for a runner.
Example sentences: "He may be their best ever lineman—he can run and pull with the best"
7. Print (a proof).
Example sentences: "A proof sheet would be pulled, and read against the manuscript."
Noun
Definitions:
1. An act of pulling something.
Example sentences: "Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots"
2. A force drawing someone or something in a particular direction.
Example sentences: "The pull of the water tore her away"
3. (in sport) a pulling stroke.
Example sentences: "Proficient with all strokes, his best scoring stroke was the pull, played all along the ground between mid on to backward square leg."
4. A printer's proof.
Example sentences: "Proof ‘pulls’ of World War propaganda posters are quite rare."
Synonyms:
pull out
pluck
snatch
swipe
yank
wring
throw up
heave
uproot
jump
draw
withdraw
get out
attract
overtighten
retract
drag
haul
pull down
take out
pilfer
hale
drop
overstretch
tear
rive
wrest
pry
lever
clout
strain
tension
get
retrieve
pull up
obtain
thrust
tug
retighten
attraction
rip
extend
stretch
outstretch
tow
eject
extract
lug
puff
stall
tighten
pull together
wrench
heft
knob
commit
handle
Derivations:
pulled
pull
puller
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Pulling in Other Languages...
Spanish: Tirar
German: Haareziehen
French: Tirer
Italian: Tirare
Turkish: çekme