Meaning of "pull"

pull •

v.
• • 1. to pluck, to extract: bumunot, bunutin, bunutan
  • 2. to draw, to haul, to drag, to tug: humila, hilahin, bumatak, batakin
  • 3. to draw out: dumukot, dukutin
  • 4. to stretch, strain, pull taut: bumanat, banatin, mag-unat, unatin
  • 5. the act of pulling: hila, paghila, batak, pagbatak, haltak, paghaltak, hatak, paghatak
  • 6. a drawing out: dukot, pagdukot, bunot, pagbunot
  • 7. a pulling up: bunot, pagbunot
  • 8. to pull out means to open forcibly: humaltak, haltakin, bumaltak, baltakin
  • 9. to draw out, to pull up, to uproot: dumukot, dukutin, bumunot, magbunot, bunutin

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distort

v.
• • 1. to pull or twist out of shape: pilipitin ang porma (ayos)
  • 2. to change from the truth: pumilipit, pilipitin, bumaligtad, baligtarin
  • 3. to make ugly: magpapangit, papangitin, magpasama, pasamain

root

n.
• • 1. the part of a plant that grows in the soil: ugat
  • 2. a cause, source: pinanggalingan, pinanggagalingan, simula, sanhi, dahilan
  • 3. the word from which others are derived: salitang-ugat

v.
• • 1. to become fixed in the ground, send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat
  • 2. to pull, tear, or dig up or out by the roots: bumunot, bunutin
  • 3. to get completely rid of: lumipol, lipulin
  • 4. to cheer (slang): kumantiyaw, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan
  • 5. to take root means (a) to send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat (b) to become firmly fixed: pumirme, mamirme, lumagi, mamalagi

wrench

v.
• • 1. to twist: pilipitin, pihitin
  • 2. to be twisted: mapilipit, mabalinganga
  • 3. to pull violently: umagaw, agawin

n.
• • 1. an injury caused by twisting: pilay, bali
  • 2. grief, pain: dalamhati, kirot, hapdi
  • 3. a tool to hold and turn nuts, bolts, etc.: liyabe, birador

tear

v.
• • 1. to pull apart by force: pumunit, punitin, pumilas, pilasin
  • 2. to become torn: mapunit, mapilas
  • 3. to tear into fragments or pieces: gumutay, gutayin, gutay-gutayin, paggutay-gutayin
  • 4. to pull hard, pull violently: bumaltak, baltakin
  • 5. to scratch badly, wound: sumugat, masugatan, sugatan
  • 6. to move with great force or haste: humagibis

n.
• • the torn place: sira, punit, pilas tears

n.
• • 1. a drop of salty water coming from the eye: luha
  • 2. to shed tears: lumuha, umiyak
  • 3. in tears, shedding tears: lumuluha, umiiyak

demolish

v.
• • to pull or tear down, to destroy: maggiba magiba, igiba, gibain, magwasak, mawasak, wasakin

rend

v.
• • 1. to tear apart as a garment or paper: pumunit, punitin
  • 2. to pull apart violently: lumasog, lasugin, gumutay, gutayin
  • 3. to rip, to break: pumigtas, pigtasin, sumira, sirain
  • 4. to split: sumipak, sipakin, bumaak, baakin
  • 5. to disturb violently: lumigalig, ligaligin, gumulo, guluhin, gumiyagis, giyagisin

destroy

v.
• • 1. to ruin: sumira, sirain, puminsala, pinsalain
  • 2. to demolish: magwasak, wasakin, maggiba, magiba, gibain, igiba, lansagin
  • 3. to pull down: magpaguho, buwagin
  • 4. to exterminate, to wipe away: pumuksa, puksain, lumipol, lipulin

unravel

v.
• • 1. to separate the threads of, to pull apart: kumalas, kalasin, tumastas, tastasin
  • 2. to come apart: makalas, matastas
  • 3. to bring out of a tangled state, to clear from complication, to solve: lumutas, malutas, lutasin, lumutas, malutas, lutasin

pluck

v.
• • 1. to pull off or out: bumunot, bunutin
  • 2. to pick flowers, fruits, etc,: pumitas, mamitas, pitasin, pumupol, mamupol, pupulin
  • 3. to pull the feathers off a fowl: maghimulmol, himulmulan
  • 4. to pluck the strings of a musical instrument: kumalbit, kalbitin, kalabitin
  • 5. to pull, to pull at: humila, hilahin, bumatak, batakin
  • 6. to pull up: bumunot, bunutin
  • 7. to gather up courage: magpalakas ng loob, lakasan (laksan) ang loob, tibayan ang loob

n.
• • courage: tapang, katapangan, lakas ng loob

cock

n.
• • a rooster: tandang

v.
• • to pull back the hammer of a gun: magkasa, kumasa, ikasa, magbuslog, buslugin

pick

v.
• • 1. to choose, to select: pumili, mamili, piliin
  • 2. to pull away with the fingers: pumitas, mamitas, pitasin, pupulin
  • 3. to pierce, dig into or break up with some pointed tool: magpiko, pikuhin
  • 4. to use something pointed to remove things from: sumungkit, sungkitin
  • 5. to remove: mag-alis, alisin
  • 6. to seek and find: maghanap,, humanap, hanapin
  • 7. to eat only a bit at a time: sumubo lamang nang kaunti, tumikim lamang, tumuka-tuka (tuka-tukain) lamang

n.
• • 1. a choice, selection: pili, ang napili, hirang, gusto, ibig
  • 2. the best part: piling klase
  • 3. a heavy tool with sharp point for breaking up earth or rock: piko

corkscrew

n.
• • tool to pull corks out of bottles: tribuson

rip

v.
• • 1. to cut roughly, tear apart, tear off: pumunit, punitin, pumilas, pilasin, lumaslas, laslasin
  • 2. to be torn or rent: mapunit, masira
  • 3. to cut or pull out the threads in the seams of a garment by opening the seams: magtastas, tastasin

n.
• • 1. a tear, a torn place: punit, sira, pilas
  • 2. a seam burst in a garment: tastas

claw

n.
• • 1. a sharp, hooked nail on the foot of a bird or animal: kuko
  • 2. pincer of a lobster: sipit

v.
• • to scratch, tear, seize or pull with the claws: mangalmot, kumalmot, kalmutin

draw

v.
• • 1. to pull: humila, mahila, hilahin, bumatak, mabatak, batakin, humatak, mahatak, hatakin
  • 2. to attract: umakit, maakit, akitin, kumayag, makayag, kayagin
  • 3. to pull out: magbunot, bumunot, bunutin, dumukot, dukutin
  • 4. to take out or get, as water from a well or jar: sumalok, salukin
  • 5. to take out: maglabas, ilabas
  • 6. to sketch with a pencil or ink: gumuhit, iguhit, magdrowing, idrowing
  • 7. to prepare or do by writing: gumawa, maghanda
  • 8. to tie in a game: magpatas, pumatas, magtabla, tumabla
  • 9. to draw a prize: magkagantimpala, magkapremyo
  • 10. to draw lots: magpalabunutan

n.
• • 1. the pulling out of a weapon: pagbunot, paghugot, pagdukot
  • 2. a tie in a game: patas, tabla

trail

n.
• • 1. anything that follows along behind: buntot
  • 2. a track: pinagdaanan, bakas, landas
  • 3. a trail in a forest or between mountains: landas
  • 4. a path: daan, landas

v.
• • 1. to hunt by track or smell, follow along behind: tumugaygay, tugaygayan, umamoy, amuyin, sumunod, sundan, bumuntot, buntutan
  • 2. to pull or drag along behind: humila, hilahin, kumaladkad, kaladkarin
  • 3. to be drawn along behind: makaladkad, mahila-hila
  • 4. to grow along: gumapang

bunot

n.
• • coconut husk bunot, bumunot, bunutin (-um:-in)

v.
• • to pull out, to uproot, to extract. Bunutin mo ang damo. Pull out the grass. magbunot, bunutin (mag:-in)

v.
• • to pull out something (a gun). Nagbunot siya ng baril. He pulled out a gun.

labnot

v.
• • manglabnot, labnutin (mang-:-in) pull out forcibly, pluck, cut, unroot. Nilabnot ng babae ang buhok ng kaaway. The woman pulled out the hair of her enemy.

lilis

v.
• • maglilis, ililis (mag-:i-) to pull up the skirt or trousers, to roll up the sleeves. Naglilis siya ng damit dahil sa mataas ang tubig. She pulled up her skirt because of the high water.

hila

v.
• • humila to pull manghila, hilahin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to pull something. Hinila ng lalaki ang kariton. The man pulled the cart.

sabunot

n.
• • pulling of hair, uprooting of hair sabunutan (-an)

v.
• • to pull (someone's hair) by the roots. Sinabunutan siya ng Nanay niya. Her hair was pulled by her Mother.

baltak

n.
• • sudden, strong pull mambaltak, baltakin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to pull suddenly. Baltakin mo siya at baka mahulog. Pull him or he might fall.

kabig

.v
• • kumabig, kabigin (-um:-in) to draw or pull towards one's self, to collect the winnings in gambling, to gather in. Kumabig siya ng malaki. He gathered in a big share. mangkabig, kabigin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • Kabigin mo ang pinanalunan mo. Get your winnings.

batak

v.
• • bumatak, batakin (-um-:in) to pull, to stretch [var. baltak]. Batakin mo ang lubid. Stretch the rope.

banat

n.
• • a strike, sock, bow or stroke to hit something, a pull to stretch banat

adj.
• • taut, stretched

v.
• • magbanat, banatin (mag-:-in) to pull, to stretch. Banatin mo ang iyong buto sa trabaho. Stretch your bones with some work.

ahon

v.
• • mag-ahon, iahon (mag:-in, i-) to take something out of the water. Iahon mo ang bata sa tubig. Pull the child out of the water. umahon (um-)

v.
• • to get out of the water. Umahon na tayo. Let's get out of the water.

hugot

v.
• • humugot (-um-) to pull out, to draw. Humugot siya ng damit sa aparador. She pulled out a dress from the cabinet. manghugot, hugutin (mang-:in)

v.
• • to pull out. Huwag kang manghugot ng hindi mo ari. Don't pull out what is not yours.

hatak

v.
• • paghatak (pag-) towing [syn. batak, hila] humatak, hatakin (-um-:-in) to pull. Humatak ka sa lubid. Pull the rope. manghatak (mang-). Manghatak ka ng kahit sino. Pull anyone.