PULLING
Dictionary entry overview: What does pulling mean?
• PULLING (noun)
The noun PULLING has 1 sense:
1. the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
Familiarity information: PULLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PULLING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
pull; pulling
Context examples:
the pull up the hill had him breathing harder / his strenuous pulling strained his back
Hypernyms ("pulling" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pulling"):
drag (the act of dragging (pulling with force))
draw; haul; haulage (the act of drawing or hauling something)
jerk; tug (a sudden abrupt pull)
draft; draught; drawing (the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling)
deracination; excision; extirpation (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
pluck (the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord)
traction ((orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing)
