Palabra Inglés del Día

pull

tirar

Definiciones

inglés > español
pull
1. Tirar
inglés > inglés
pull
1. s. An act of pulling (applying force)
He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
2. s. 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. s. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
a zipper pull
4. s. (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. s. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star)
6. s. (Internet) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
7. s. A journey made by rowing
8. s. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
a wrestling pull
9. s. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
10. s. (slang) The act of drinking.
to take a pull at a mug of beer
11. s. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
12. s. (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.
español > inglés
tirar
1. v. to throw, to toss
2. v. to throw out, to toss, to dump
3. v. to shoot; to launch
4. v. to take (a photograph)
5. v. to print
6. v. to skip (e.g. a rock or stone)
7. v. to knock over; to knock down
8. v. to roll (dice)
9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar, Spain) to fuck
10. v. to pull, to tug
tirar del pelo de alguien - to pull someone's hair
11. v. to shoot (e.g., a ball)
12. v. to manage; to get by
Tiramos. Es difícil, pero tiramos. - We get by. It's hard, but we get by.
13. v. to attract, to appeal to
14. v. to be somewhat
tira a lástima - it is a bit sad
15. v. (reflexive) to throw oneself
16. v. to spend time, hang out