pull
pulling | the act of pulling, applying force to move something toward or with you, the pull up the hill had him breathing harder, his strenuous pulling strained his back |
leg-pull
leg-pulling | as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true |
| pull | a sustained effort, it was a long pull but we made it |
pull-up
chin-up | an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar |
puff
drag pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke), he took a puff on his pipe, he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly |
| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
| pull | a device used for pulling something, he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer |
| pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
pull-in
pull-up | a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| pull-through | cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight, is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it |
pull
clout | special advantage or influence, the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull |
tidal flow
tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide
rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current
stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
stream
flow
current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
alternating current
AC
alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
| current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current
DC
direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
| ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
| equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
| North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
| South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current
Kuroshio current
Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current
Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
| pull | the force used in pulling, the pull of the moon, the pull of the current |
dynamic electricity
current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
| thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind
air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
red currant
garden current
Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
checking account
chequing account
current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
| cost-pull inflation | inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production |
| demand-pull inflation | inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money |
| current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
wrench
twist
pull | a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments, the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell, he was sidelined with a hamstring pull |
grimace
make a face
pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
pull
overstretch | strain abnormally, I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up, The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition |
| pull b | take away, pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf |
retreat
pull back back out
back away
crawfish
crawfish out
pull in one's horns
withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity, We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him, He backed out of his earlier promise, The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns |
bamboozle
snow
hoodwink
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lead by the nose
play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end, He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well |
pull the leg of
kid | tell false information to for fun, Are you pulling my leg? |
gain
advance
win pull ahead
make headway
get ahead
gain ground | obtain advantages, such as points, etc., The home team was gaining ground, After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference |
| pull d root for | take sides with, align oneself with, show strong sympathy for, We all rooted for the home team, I'm pulling for the underdog, Are you siding with the defender of the title? |
| pull out all the stops | use all resources available, The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting |
down
knock down cut down
push down
pull down | cause to come or go down, The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect, The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet |
| pull back draw | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow), The archers were drawing their bows |
extract pull out
pull a pull up
take out draw out | remove, usually with some force or effort, also used in an abstract sense, pull weeds, extract a bad tooth, take out a splinter, extract information from the telegram |
gather
garner
collect
pull together | assemble or get together, gather some stones, pull your thoughts together |