| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| pull |
| 1. n. An act of pulling (applying force) |
| He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out. |
| 2. n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source |
| The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant. |
| iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet |
| She took a pull on her cigarette. |
| 3. n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope |
| a zipper pull |
| 4. n. (slang) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing. |
| In weights the favourite had the pull. |
| 5. n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star) |
| 6. n. (Internet) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology |
| 7. n. A journey made by rowing |
| 8. n. (dated) A contest; a struggle. |
| a wrestling pull |
| 9. n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered. |
| 10. n. (slang) The act of drinking. |
| to take a pull at a mug of beer |
| 11. n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. |
| 12. n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path. |
| 13. v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. |
| When I give the signal, pull the rope. |
| You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle. |
| 14. v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. |
| to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch |
| 15. v. To attract or net; to pull in. |
| 16. v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. |
| 17. v. (ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one. |
| I pulled at the club last night. |
| He's pulled that bird over there. |
| 18. v. To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability. |
| Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves. |
| 19. v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform. |
| He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14. |
| You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that. |
| 20. v. To retrieve or generate for use. |
| I'll have to pull a part number for that. |
| 21. v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field. |
| 22. v. (intransitive) To row. |
| 23. v. To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). |
| 24. v. (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. |
| 25. v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport. |
| 26. v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning. |
| The favourite was pulled. |
| 27. v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever. |
| 28. v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) |
| 29. v. (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source. |
| Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint. |
| 30. v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave. |
| 31. interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| dra |
| 1. v. to pull |
| Han drog i repet - He pulled the rope (i adds a nuance of "pulled on," rather than "pulled along the ground" or the like) |
| 2. v. to tell a short story or joke |
| Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll - Hey, tell that dirty story again, the one you told last night |
| 3. v. (often with a particle like fram) to move (often of something large, like a storm or an army) |
| Stormen drog fram över ön - The storm swept across the island |
| Stormen drog in över ön - The storm moved in over the island |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to go (somewhere), to leave (for some other place) |
| Ska vi dra ner på stan? - Wanna go downtown? |
| Vi drog hem till Nisse - We went to Nisse's place |
| Vi drar! - Let's get out of here! |
| 5. v. (with med) to be burdened (with) |
| Han drogs med flera åkommor - He was burdened with several ailments |
| 6. v. to steep (be steeped in liquid in order to extract ("pull") flavor compounds, etc.) |
| Låt teet dra i fyra minuter - Let the tea steep for four minutes |
