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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull along |
| Synonyms: | drag, draw, ferry, haul, lug, propel, push, trail, trawl, tug, yank |
| Antonyms: | push |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| 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: | 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: | lug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drag something around |
| Synonyms: | bear, buck, carry, convey, draw, ferry, haul, heave, hump, jerk, lift, lurch, pack, pull, rake, schlepp, snap, tote, tow, transport, trawl, tug, vellicate, yank |
| Main Entry: | pull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drawing something with force |
| Synonyms: | cull, dislocate, drag, evolve, extract, gather, haul, heave, jerk, lug, paddle, pick, pluck, remove, rend, rip, row, schlepp, sprain, strain, stretch, take out, tear, tow, trail, truck, tug, twitch, uproot, weed*, wrench, yank |
| Antonyms: | push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | schlepp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lug |
| Synonyms: | carry, drag, haul, heave, lift, lurch, pull, tote, tow, tug, yank |
| Main Entry: | trail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lag behind, follow |
| Synonyms: | bedog, bring up the rear, chase, dally, dangle, dawdle, delay, dog*, drag, draggle, draw, droop, drop back, extend, fall back, fall behind, falter, flag, follow a scent, halt, hang, hang back, hang down, haul, hunt, lag, linger, loiter, nose out, plod, poke, poke along, procrastinate, pull, pursue, shadow, shag, spook, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, string along, tag along, tail, take out after, tarry, tow, trace, track, traipse, trudge |
| Antonyms: | lead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tug |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | quick pull |
| Synonyms: | drag, draw, haul, heave, jerk, lug, strain, toil, tow, traction, wrench, yank |
| Antonyms: | push |
| Main Entry: | draggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trail |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, drag, pull, tow |
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