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(v)
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
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(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
(ambitransitive) To clean by sweeping.
(n)
(Internet) A shopping cart.
(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.
(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
(transitive) To haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location.
To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
(idiomatic) To last too long.
(transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means.
(informal) To come to believe or support something.
(informal) To wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.
(transitive or intransitive) To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others.
To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
(adj)
Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
(transitive) To alter the size of something.
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
(transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
A continuous series of like events.
The act of hauling or dragging.
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
An important or main item.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Alternative spelling of floozie. [A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.]
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
A toothed implement:
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals.
(intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
(transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
(colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
A heavy load.
(heading, physical) To strike.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
(transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
The quality or degree of being strong.
(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
(intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.
A sexually immoral woman.
(derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
(slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
(chiefly UK) Resulting as an indirect effect.
the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves
(transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
(intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
(intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground.
(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
(transitive) To carry, drag, or lug.
(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.