Meaning of "pull" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PULL

Old English pullian; related to Icelandic pūla to beat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PULL

pull  [pʊl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULL

Pull is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pull in English.

WHAT DOES PULL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pull

A pull is a force that acts in the direction of the origin of the force. Pull may also refer to: ▪ Muscle pull, a strain injury ▪ Drawer pull ▪ Pull, impression from a handstamp or die ▪ Pull technology, a method of content delivery...

Definition of pull in the English dictionary

The first definition of pull in the dictionary is to exert force on so as to draw it towards the source of the force. Other definition of pull is to exert force on so as to remove; extract. Pull is also to strip of feathers, hair, etc; pluck.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PULL

PRESENT

Present

I pull

you pull

he/she/it pulls

we pull

you pull

they pull

Present continuous

I am pulling

you are pulling

he/she/it is pulling

we are pulling

you are pulling

they are pulling

Present perfect

I have pulled

you have pulled

he/she/it has pulled

we have pulled

you have pulled

they have pulled

Present perfect continuous

I have been pulling

you have been pulling

he/she/it has been pulling

we have been pulling

you have been pulling

they have been pulling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pulled

you pulled

he/she/it pulled

we pulled

you pulled

they pulled

Past continuous

I was pulling

you were pulling

he/she/it was pulling

we were pulling

you were pulling

they were pulling

Past perfect

I had pulled

you had pulled

he/she/it had pulled

we had pulled

you had pulled

they had pulled

Past perfect continuous

I had been pulling

you had been pulling

he/she/it had been pulling

we had been pulling

you had been pulling

they had been pulling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pull

you will pull

he/she/it will pull

we will pull

you will pull

they will pull

Future continuous

I will be pulling

you will be pulling

he/she/it will be pulling

we will be pulling

you will be pulling

they will be pulling

Future perfect

I will have pulled

you will have pulled

he/she/it will have pulled

we will have pulled

you will have pulled

they will have pulled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pulling

you will have been pulling

he/she/it will have been pulling

we will have been pulling

you will have been pulling

they will have been pulling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pull

you would pull

he/she/it would pull

we would pull

you would pull

they would pull

Conditional continuous

I would be pulling

you would be pulling

he/she/it would be pulling

we would be pulling

you would be pulling

they would be pulling

Conditional perfect

I would have pull

you would have pull

he/she/it would have pull

we would have pull

you would have pull

they would have pull

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pulling

you would have been pulling

he/she/it would have been pulling

we would have been pulling

you would have been pulling

they would have been pulling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pull
we let´s pull
you pull

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pull

Past participle

pulled

Present Participle

pulling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PULL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pull» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pull

advantage · allurement · appeal · attract · attraction · authority · bring in · clout · cull · dislocate · drag · draw · draw out · enchantment · entice · enticement · exertion · extract · fascination · force · forcefulness · gather · haul · heave · influence · inhalation · interest · jerk · kai · leverage · lug · lure · magnetism · magnetize · muscle · pick · pluck · power · prestige · prise · puff · pull in · remove · rend · rip · say · sprain · standing · strain · stretch · sway · take out · tear · tempt · tow · trail · tug · twitch · uproot · weed · weight · wrench · wrest · yank

TRANSLATION OF PULL

Find out the translation of pull to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pull from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pull» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 拉
• Translator English - Spanish: tirar
• English: pull
• Translator English - Hindi: खींचें
• Translator English - Arabic: يَجْذِب
• Translator English - Russian: тянуть
• Translator English - Portuguese: puxar
• Translator English - Bengali: টান
• Translator English - French: tirer
• Translator English - Malay: Tarik
• Translator English - German: ziehen
• Translator English - Japanese: 引く
• Translator English - Korean: ...을 잡아당기다
• Translator English - Javanese: Narik
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kéo
• Translator English - Tamil: இழுக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: खेचणे
• Translator English - Turkish: Çek
• Translator English - Italian: tirare
• Translator English - Polish: pociągnąć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тягти
• Translator English - Romanian: a trage
• Translator English - Greek: τραβώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: trek
• Translator English - Swedish: dra
• Translator English - Norwegian: trekke

10 QUOTES WITH «PULL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pull.

1

Brooke Adams

I go through periods where I don't shop at all, and then I go crazy and buy everything in sight. I never know what to wear, and I'm at my worst before an audition. I pull everything out of the closet, throw it on my bed. I'll get entirely dressed and then take it all off again until I'm in a kind of frenzy.

2

Roger Avary

When you're a writer, you pull your life into your work. My first love is cinema. That's where I want to be judged.

3

Jennifer Beals

I'm just talking specifically of women's friendships. If two women go to a bar and they are fighting over men, it makes it much easier for the men. If two women are very close and they act as it makes it very difficult for the men to pull one over on anybody.

4

Bruce Boxleitner

A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.

5

Andre Braugher

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

6

Gerard Butler

I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special.

7

Gary Calamar

I definitely love record stores. And worked in many over the years. Having said that, it's not necessarily that I love vinyl per se. I mean, I'm happy to use CDs and MP3s: to me, it's the music that's top priority. I do have a good collection of vinyl, but I rarely actually pull it out.

8

Kenny Chesney

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

9

Leon Day

I was in Cuba in the winter of 1937. I was playing in Cuba, and I'm in the shower, and I slipped and caught myself with my right arm. I felt something pull right then. Then, in '38, when I came back, my arm was messed up.

10

Christopher deCharms

We all know that as we form thoughts, they form deep channels in our minds and in our brains. Chronic pain is an example. If you burn yourself, you pull your hand away. But if you're still in pain in six months' or six years' time, it's because these circuits are producing pain that's no longer helping you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULL»

Discover the use of pull in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pull and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Pull: The Power of the Semantic Web to Transform Your Business

This book claimed that through a piece of software called a "browser", which accesses "web sites", the world economy and our daily lives would change forever. Would you have believed even 10 percent of that book?

David Siegel, 2009

And Everyone Shouted, "Pull!": A First Look at Forces and Motion

Introduces concepts of force and motion as the animals of Oak Farm help to bring goods to market.

Claire Llewellyn, 2004

7 Weeks to 50 Pull-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, ...

Offers a program to increase strength, muscle tone, and overall fitness in seven weeks.

Brett Stewart, 2011

Pull: Networking and Success since Benjamin Franklin

From new perspectives on entrepreneurial achievement to the role of affirmative action and the operation of modern corporate personnel systems, "Pull" shows that business is a profoundly social process, and that no one can succeed alone.

Pamela Walker LAIRD, 2009

Creating Level Pull: A Lean Production-system Improvement ...

This is a new step towards 'system kaizen that is not yet well understood outside of Toyota.The lean efforts at most companies focus on "point kaizen" (e.g., reducing set up times, implementing 5S, etc.) that improves a small portion of the ...

Art Smalley, 2004

The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set ...

In this revolutionary book, three doyens of the Internet age, whose path-breaking work has made headlines around the world, reveal the adjustments we must make if we take these changes seriously.

John Hagel, John Hagel, III, John Seely Brown, 2010

Push and Pull

Simple text and photographs illustrate things that push and pull.

Lola M. Schaefer, Gail Saunders-Smith, 2001

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour

Discover the answers in Sway. We all believe we are rational beings, yet the truth is that we're much more prone to irrational behaviour than we realise or like to admit. In this compelling book, Ori and Rom Brafman reveal why.

Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman, 2010

Push Me, Pull You: Imaginative, Emotional, Physical, and ...

These essays trace the impetus towards interactivity from the points of view of their creators and those who used them.Contributors include: Mickey Abel, Alfred Acres, Kathleen Ashley, Viola Belghaus, Sarah Blick, Erika Boeckeler, Robert L ...

Sarah Blick, Laura Deborah Gelfand, 2011

The Pull of the Earth: Participatory Ethnography in the ...

A literary ethnography of how a garden at an underserved school changed the educational environment.

Laurie Thorp, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pull is used in the context of the following news items.

Traffic stops: what should you do when police pull you over?

Bland was pulled over by trooper Brian Encinia for failing to signal. Their interaction, some of which is captured on a dashcam, took a turn when the officer asks ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

TV Land Pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard' Episodes Amid Confederate Flag …

TV Land has pulled reruns of Dukes of Hazzard in light of the recent uproar over the Confederate flag, which is emblazoned on the roof of the show's iconic ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»

Pull Back the Curtains and Admire Your Windows Made in America

Pull Back the Curtains and Admire Your Windows Made in America. More. Find out the secret to Pella's windows success that has lasted 90 years. 1:37 | 06/17/ ... «ABC News, Jun 15»

The Rock Helps a 2-Year-Old Pull a Plane 'All by Herself'

"When beautiful little 2yr old Kai visits our set and she wants to "pull the airplane" all by herself. Well, she gets to pull the airplane... all by herself," he wrote on ... «ABC News, Jun 15»

Time to pull your kids out of public school?

My high school colors were green and white. At graduation the boys wore green robes and the girls wore white. No one considered the girls inferior because of ... «Fox News, Jun 15»

The Rock Makes Little Girl Think She Can Pull a Plane While He …

The Furious 7 actor shared an adorable video of a little girl pulling an airplane by a rope on Thursday, June 11. PHOTOS: Shirtless hunks. "When beautiful little ... «Us Magazine, Jun 15»

Anxious Greeks pull money from banks amid fears of capital controls

Two weeks after Greece's leftwing Syriza party won power at a general election in January, Panayotis Fotiades pulled his deposits from an Athens bank. «Financial Times, Jun 15»

No more pulling chain to stop train

BAREILLY: "To stop train pull chain" notice inside railway coaches is soon set to become history. The railway ministry has decided to do away with these chains. «Times of India, Jun 15»

This man did 5801 pull-ups in 24 hours to contend for a world record

In high school, John Bocek said he could barely do one pull-up. He later attended Virginia Military Institute, where pull-ups became his “thing.” Now, Bocek, 34 ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»

Tech Firms Pull Talent Away From Ad Agencies

When Sean Burpee went to advertising school at VCU Brandcenter in Richmond, Va., his initial plan was to come back to his career in the ad agency business ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»