pull
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
the pull up the hill had him breathing harder
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to move by pulling
draw a wagon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the force used in pulling
the pull of the moon
Types & categories
- force hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Her good looks attract the stares of many men
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- push back antonym
- pull derivation
- pull derivation
- attractiveness derivation
- attractive feature derivation
- attraction derivation
- drawing card derivation
- pull derivation
- attractive derivation
- draw in verb group
- curl up verb group
Sense 5 noun
special advantage or influence
the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull
Types & categories
- advantage hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move into a certain direction
the car pulls to the right
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pull verb group
Sense 7 noun
a device used for pulling something
he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- bellpull hyponym
- pull chain hyponym
Related & opposite
- attract derivation
Sense 8 verb
apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
Pull the rope
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- overstretch derivation
- sprain derivation
Sense 10 verb
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate a crime
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pull derivation
- perpetration derivation
- perpetrator derivation
Sense 11 noun
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
he took a puff on his pipe
Types & categories
- inhalation hypernym
- toke hyponym
Parts & wholes
- smoking part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
draw a weapon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 13 noun
a sustained effort
it was a long pull but we made it
Types & categories
- elbow grease hypernym
Related & opposite
- commit derivation
Sense 14 verb
steer into a certain direction
pull one's horse to a stand
Types & categories
- drive hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull verb group
Sense 15 verb
strain abnormally
I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
Types & categories
- wound hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrench derivation
Sense 16 verb
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
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull verb group
Sense 17 verb
operate when rowing a boat
pull the oars
Types & categories
- row hypernym
Sense 18 verb
rein in to keep from winning a race
pull a horse
Types & categories
- rein hypernym
Sense 19 verb
tear or be torn violently
The curtain ripped from top to bottom
Types & categories
- rupture hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 20 verb
hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
pull the ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 21 verb
strip of feathers
pull a chicken
Types & categories
- strip hypernym
Sense 22 verb
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
pull weeds
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- wring out hyponym
- demodulate hyponym
- thread hyponym
Related & opposite
- extraction derivation
- extractor derivation
- extractable derivation
- pull out verb group
Sense 23 verb
take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
We all rooted for the home team
Types & categories
- side hypernym
Sense 24 verb
take away
pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull out verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | actuation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | haul |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draught |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | traction |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | extract |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | pull back |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | schlep |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | attract |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | pluck |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | dismantle |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | push |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | haul |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | draught |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dragger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | force |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | twitch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull back |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adduct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stretch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | haul |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | attract |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jerk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | winch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluck |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attract |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | force |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | push back |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive feature |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attraction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drawing card |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | draw in |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | curl up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrest |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw in |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | advantage |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut in |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | attract |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bellpull |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull chain |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | puller |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | force |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrench |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | gather |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | attract |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | hike up |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick at |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull back |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw close |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstretch |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprain |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprain |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | perpetration |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | perpetrator |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | recommit |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | puff |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | puff |
| 11 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | smoking |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhalation |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | toke |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | drawer |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | extract |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | draw |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsheathe |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | commit |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | elbow grease |
| 14 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrench |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | wound |
| 16 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | row |
| 18 | hypernym | Types & categories | rein |
| 19 | derivation | Related & opposite | rent |
| 19 | derivation | Related & opposite | tear |
| 19 | hypernym | Types & categories | rupture |
| 20 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 20 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 21 | hypernym | Types & categories | strip |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraction |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | extractor |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | extractable |
| 22 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull out |
| 22 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 22 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring out |
| 22 | hyponym | Types & categories | demodulate |
| 22 | hyponym | Types & categories | thread |
| 23 | hypernym | Types & categories | side |
| 24 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull out |
| 24 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |