Crossword clues for pulling
pulling
- Of a vehicle
- Steer into a certain direction
- Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- Of a car
- Move into a certain direction
- Direct toward itself or oneself
- Show strong sympathy for
- Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- In a tug of war
- Getting a partner rowing?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulling.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.]
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.
--Shak.He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
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To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
--Lam. iii. 11. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
(Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
(Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
(Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n.,
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Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.
--R. H. Lyttelton.To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. `` Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. ''
--South.To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. `` In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.''
--Howell. `` To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud.''
--Roscommon.To pull a finch. See under Finch.
To pull off, take or draw off.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is pulled. vb. (present participle of pull English)
WordNet
n. 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" [syn: pull]
Wikipedia
Pulling is a BBC comedy series, produced by Silver River Productions and broadcast on BBC Three, about three single female friends who live in Penge, south-east London. It was co-written by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly and stars Horgan as Donna, Tanya Franks as Karen, Rebekah Staton as Louise and Cavan Clerkin as Karl. Pulling was the last comedy show developed by Harry Thompson before his death.
The first series of six episodes was first shown in 2006 on BBC Three, then repeated on BBC Two in early 2008. A second six-episode series of Pulling aired on BBC Three from 23 March to 27 April 2008 and a final one-hour episode aired on BBC Three on 17 May 2009.
In Australia, series one and two was first aired back-to-back on ABC2 each Thursday at 10pm from 5 March 2009 although the final one-hour episode is yet to be screened by the network. Repeats have been screening on rotation through UKTV.
In 2007, the series was BAFTA nominated for Best Situation Comedy while Horgan won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Actress in 2008. In the same year, it was announced that Pulling had been cancelled by BBC Three.
Pulling may refer to:
- Pulling (film), a 2004 American film
- Pulling (TV series), a 2000s British TV series
- Truck pulling and tractor pulling, a motor sport
- Pulling (cooking), the practice of pouring milk between two cups to alter its consistency. Also called 'airing'
Usage examples of "pulling".
I strove again, then, to escape, pulling against the bonds, trying to abraid them against the back of the blade.
The man lurched back, one hand grasping, then pulling at the adze wedged in his shoulder.
Pulling his hat low for shade, Mat searched the road for a woman, for anyone, mounted or afoot, and his heart sank.
French, pulling a handgun from the pocket of his jack and pointing it first at the shopkeeper, then at Agate, and finally leveling it upon Alek.
By right, as an old friend who had found the airman in the forest, Seryonka was walking solemnly in front of the stretcher, laboriously pulling his feet, encased in the huge felt boots left him by his father, out of the snow and sternly scolding the other white-toothed, grimy-faced, fantastically ragged boys.
The garment was filthy and soaked with blood at the neck, but Alec obeyed quickly, pulling it on with a shudder of revulsion.
By the light of the remaining half, he and Alec located the small tack room and began pulling down saddles and gear.
Pulling the drapes shut, Alec took out the lightstone and sat down to begin his search.
Then Alee, pulling himself slowly away from the counter, went from the shop.
I found myself inside her royal suite with the doors closing behind me and two amahs coming at me to take off my jacket and pulling me gently towards the private steam room.
The shadow that was Cloud was pulling ahead of them again, nothing but a grayness in the ambient and a grayness in the softly felling snow.
And in the afternoon we went for a row on the river, pulling easily up the anabranch and floating down with the stream under the shade of the river timber--instead of going to sleep and waking up helpless and soaked in perspiration, to find the women with headaches, as many do on Christmas Day in Australia.
The wing dipped uncertainly beneath his weight, pulling toward the building Argent had leaped from.
Axel and Jed were still there, Axel leaning on his rifle, pulling on his beard.
Louis Browns, George Shaefer and others, he at once begun pulling wires looking toward the formation of an organization based on the old American Association lines, one that should do away with many of the evils that now exist.