Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pull. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pull.
Definitions and meaning of pull
pull
Etymology
Verb from Middle Englishpullen, from Old Englishpullian(“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisianpûlje(“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutchpullen(“to drink”), Middle Dutchpolen(“to peel, strip”), Low Germanpulen(“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandicpúla(“to work hard, beat”).
Noun from Middle Englishpul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen(“to pull”).
Pronunciation
enPR: po͝ol, IPA(key): /pʊl/
(full-fool merger) IPA(key): /puːl/
Hyphenation: pull
Rhymes: -ʊl
Verb
pull (third-person singular simple presentpulls, present participlepulling, simple past and past participlepulled)
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
(transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
(transitive, intransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
(transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
(transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
(construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
(transitive, informal) To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker.
(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
(intransitive) To row.
(transitive, rowing) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
(transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
(video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
(UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.
(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
(printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
(cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
(UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
(intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
(rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
(now chiefly Scotland, England and US regional) To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
(cooking, transitive, intransitive) To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
(computing) To get the latest version of a project's source code
(martial arts) In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
(horse racing, transitive) To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
Synonyms
(apply force to (something) so it comes toward):drag, tow, tug, yank
(slang: to persuade to have sex with one):score
(to remove from circulation):recall, withdraw, yank
(to do, to perform):carry out, complete, do, execute, perform
(to retrieve or generate for use):generate, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, obtain, retrieve
(to succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex.):score
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "apply force to (something) so it comes towards one"):push, repel, shove
Hyponyms
Derived terms
See alsopulling
Translations
Interjection
pull
(gun sports)Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
Noun
pull (countable and uncountable, pluralpulls)
An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
(figurative, by extension) An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
(uncountable, informal) The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
(slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.
Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).
(Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
A journey made by rowing.
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.
(dated) A contest; a struggle.
An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
(obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
(colloquial) The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
(golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
(printing, historical) A single impression from a handpress.
(printing) A proof sheet.
Synonyms
(act of pulling):tug, yank
(attractive force):attraction
(device meant to be pulled):handle, knob, lever, rope
(influence):influence, sway
(a puff on a cigarette):drag, toke(marijuana cigarette)
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "act of pulling"):push, shove
(antonym(s) of "attractive force"):repulsion
(antonym(s) of "device meant to be pulled"):button, push, push-button
(antonym(s) of "influence"):
Derived terms
Translations
Chinese
Etymology
From Englishpull, via 拉(“to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads”, literally “to pull”)
Pronunciation
Verb
pull
(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads