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PULL UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Example:
extract information from the telegram
Synonyms:
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pull up" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull up"):
squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)
demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)
thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Come to a halt after driving somewhere
Example:
The chauffeur hauled up in front of us
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pull up" is one way to...):
halt; stop (come to a halt, stop moving)
Verb group:
draw up; pull up (cause (a vehicle) to stop)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause (a vehicle) to stop
Example:
He pulled up the car in front of the hotel
Synonyms:
draw up; pull up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pull up" is one way to...):
stop (cause to stop)
Verb group:
draw up; haul up; pull up (come to a halt after driving somewhere)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Straighten oneself
Example:
He drew himself up when he talked to his superior
Synonyms:
draw up; pull up; straighten up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pull up" is one way to...):
straighten (get up from a sitting or slouching position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
pull-up (an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar)
