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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something by pulling |
| Synonyms: | attract, bring, carry, convey, cull, draft, drag, drain, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, fetch, gather, haul, hook, jerk, lug, magnetize, pick, pluck, pump, rake, siphon, tap, tow, trail, trawl, tug, wind in, wrench, yank |
| Antonyms: | exhale, propel, push, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving, controlling a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel |
| Antonyms: | halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | educe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring out, elicit |
| Synonyms: | come out, conclude, deduce, derive, develop, distill, drag, draw, draw out, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, infer, milk, obtain, procure, pull, reason, secure, think out, wrest, wring |
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as a companion, guard |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, bear, bring, carry, chaperon, company, conduct, consort with, convoy, date, direct, drag, go with, guide, lead, partner, pilot, protect, route, see, shepherd, show, squire, steer, take out, usher |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, drop, leave, lose, maroon, neglect |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bitter pill, blocking, blow, bummer, chagrin, circumvention, contravention, curbing, defeat, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, downer, drag*, failure, fizzle, foiling, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, obstruction, old one-two, resentment, setback, unfulfillment, vexation |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, facilitation, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, pull to another spot |
| Synonyms: | back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, piggy back, raise, rake, remove, ride, schlepp, shift, shoulder, tote, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, throw with effort |
| Synonyms: | boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, fling, haul, heft, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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