pulled

cooked meat made tender by being broken apart into pieces

The first known use: the 18th century

Word Structure

6 Letters , 1 Syllable

pulled

4 Phonemes

p u l d

onset, rime

p ull d

Morpheme

pulled

Sentence Examples

He pulled the door open and ran out.

The cat will scratch you if you keep pulling its tail.

Make a knot in the rope and pull it tight.

She pulled the blanket over her head.

We tried pushing and pulling but couldn't get the couch to move.

Grab the end of the rope and pull as hard as you can.

We spent the morning in the garden pulling weeds.

I accidentally pulled one of the buttons off my shirt.

He pulled the plug out of the socket.

She gave the door a few hard pulls and it opened.

Give the rope a pull.

He has a lot of pull in local political circles.

Common Phrases

pull

A long sip or swig, especially one of alcohol from a bottle or flask.

pull (one's) punches

To act as if one is punching someone, without making any or much physical contact.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

drag

haul

pick

pluck

remove

rip

stretch

tear

tow

trail

tug

yank

cull

dislocate

evolve

extract

gather

heave

jerk

lug

paddle

rend

row

sprain

strain

truck

twitch

uproot

weed

wrench

schlepp

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

pull

leg-pull

pull-out

pull at

pull in

pull off

pull on

pull out

pull-out

pull tab

pull up

pull-up

bell pull

pull away

pull back

pull date

pull down

pull-down

pull over

ring pull

Rhymes

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

full

wool

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