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to move something towards oneself an injury to a muscle, tendon, or ligament, e.g. "I've pulled my hamstring." to carry out a task (esp. milit.) ("to pull guard duty") authority, influence ("He's got pull in that office.") (pull rank) the act of a supervisor exercising authority over a subordinate. pull off (of a vehicle) to start moving
The decisive decision to move away from the city for this type of counterurbanization is usually a step toward spiritual growth and rejection of materialism. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] A 2004 study of 4.4 million Swedish residents found that people who live in cities have a 20% increased chance of developing depression.
to move from a lower to higher stage; to effect change in steps; to mark with units of measurement or other divisions. to finish studying at any educational institution by passing relevant examinations relating to a student taking a higher degree (UK equiv.: "postgraduate"), e.g. graduate school graft hard work
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]
Fast can mean "without moving; fixed in place", (holding fast, also as in "steadfast"), or "moving quickly". [4] [11] Obbligato in music traditionally means a passage is "obligatory" but has also been used to mean "optional". [12] [13] Overlook can mean "to make an accidental omission or error" or "to engage in close scrutiny or control". [14]