| Main Entry: | yank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull hard and fast |
Synonyms: |
draw, evulse, extract, hitch, jerk, lug, snap, snatch, tear, tug, twitch, vellicate, wrench |
Antonyms: |
push |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | haul something to a new place |
Synonyms: |
draw, hale, lug, magnetize, move, pull, schlepp, tow, trail, transport, truck, tug, yank |
| 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: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically remove, draw out |
Synonyms: |
avulse, bring out, catheterize, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, evulse, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, press out, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank |
Antonyms: |
add, insert, put in |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lurching move |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bump, flick, flop, jolt, pull, quake, quiver, shiver, snag, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wiggle, wrench, wriggle, yank |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| 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: | pluck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, pull out; pick at |
Synonyms: |
catch, clutch, collect, cull, draw, finger, gather, harvest, jerk, plunk, pull at, snatch, strum, tug, tweak, yank |
Antonyms: |
insert |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove blame, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, dismiss, dispense, excuse, exempt, force to resign, free, let off, privilege, pull, release, spare, throw out, unburden, yank* |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, condemn |