| means | (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
take away, take, remove, withdraw |
| means | (verb) pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
undergo |
| means | (verb) cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
force, draw, pull |
| means | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
attract, pull, draw, pull in, draw in |
| means | (verb) be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
attract, appeal |
| means | (verb) draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"
suck |
| means | (verb) cause to be interested or curious
intrigue, fascinate |
| means | (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
take, bring, convey |
| means | (verb) remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
pull off, draw off, draw away |
| means | (verb) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
carry, transport |
| means | (verb) go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
convey, bring, fetch, get |
| means | (verb) take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
take out, draw |
| means | (verb) pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
tug |
| means | (verb) pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
pluck, pull off, tweak, pick off |
| means | (verb) pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
drag |
| means | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
draw out, extend, prolong, protract |
| means | (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
pluck, plunk, pick |
| means | (verb) remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"
draw out, aspirate, suck out |
| means | (verb) move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
tug |
| means | (verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
siphon off, syphon, siphon |
| means | (verb) pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
move back, retreat, pull away, pull back, retire, withdraw, draw back, recede |
| means | (verb) pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
stretch |
| means | (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
engage, pursue, prosecute |
| means | (verb) use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
drag |
| means | (verb) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
conduct, direct, take, guide, lead |
| means | (verb) submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
soak |
| means | (verb) keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
engage, lock, operate, mesh |
| means | (verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
extend, stretch |
| means | (verb) draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
haul, hale, cart, drag |
| means | (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
pull, commit, perpetrate |
| means | (verb) attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
arrest, catch, get |
| means | (verb) pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"
tug |
| means | (verb) transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"
haul |
| means | (verb) pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"
schlep, shlep, pull along |
| means | (verb) fasten by sewing; do needlework
sew, stitch, run up, sew together |
| means | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
catch, entrance, captivate, bewitch, beguile, becharm, trance, charm, enchant, enamor, capture, fascinate, enamour |
| means | (verb) take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
pull |
| means | (verb) feel pain or be in pain
suffer, hurt |
| means | (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies"
attract |
| means | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
tempt, allure |
| means | (verb) drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"
tow |
| means | (verb) cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
draw, pull |
| means | (verb) go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
pass, go through, go across |
| means | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
incur, get, receive, find, obtain |
| means | (verb) carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
take |