Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
abduce | to draw or conduct away. |
avulsion | the act of pulling away part of the body, either by injury or surgery. |
bellpull | a cord or handle used in pulling a bell. |
crome | a hook or crook; (verb) to draw out with a crome. |
divellent | drawing apart; pulling apart in pieces. |
drag | to pull along the ground (noun) an act of dragging, a dragging effect |
draggingly | (Adv.) DRAGGING. |
drail | to cause to trail, to draggle. |
draw | a raffle or lottery; (verb) to move by pulling. |
dredge | to drag material from the beds of waterways. |
evulsion | the act of plucking out; a rooting out. |
extirpate | to pull out by the roots. |
extract | to pull or draw out. |
hale | healthy (verb) to haul, pull |
harl | (Scots) to drag along the ground. |
haul | to pull with force. |
haulage | the act of hauling. |
lug | an earlike projection or appendage; (verb) to pull or drag with difficulty. |
nudge | a gentle push; (verb) to push gently. |
nuzzle | to push with the nose. |
outdrag | to surpass in dragging. |
outpull | to surpass in pulling. |
outpush | to surpass in pushing. |
poke | a jab, a prod (verb) to push or prod |
pull | to exert force in order to cause motion toward the force. |
puller | something or someone that pulls. |
push | a thrust (verb) to exert force in order to cause motion away from the force |
pusher | one that pushes. |
pushing | self-assertive. |
pushingly | (Adv.) PUSHING, self-assertive. |
rug | a heavy floor-mat (verb, Scots) to pull roughly |
shove | to push roughly. |
shover | one who shoves, as in duck shover. |
snig | a river eel, esp an immature (olive and yellow) eel; (verb) to drag a load with chains or ropes. |
soole | (Scots) to pull by the ears. |
sowl | (Dial.) to lug, drag. |
sowle | (Scots) to pull by the ears. |
thrust | a forcible push; (verb) to push forcibly. |
thruster | one that thrusts. |
thrustings | the white whey pressed out of the curd, from which butter is often made. |
thrustor | one that thrusts. |
tow | fibres of flax, jute or hemp (verb) to pull along (behind) |
trachle | to draggle, to trail along. |
traction | the act of pulling or drawing over a surface. |
tractive | serving to draw; pulling; as, tractive power. |
trauchle | to draggle, to trail along. |
tug | a forcible or jerking pull; (verb) to pull forcibly. |
tuggingly | (Adv.) TUGGING, pulling forcibly. |
tugless | being without a tug or chain with which to pull. |
tump | a hillock, mound (verb, dial.) to drag |
undraw | to draw aside or open; to draw back. |
updrag | to drag up. |
updraw | to draw up. |
vellication | the action of pulling or twitching. |
vellicative | relating to vellication, the action of pulling or twitching. |
villication | (Smollett) intended as a Scots pronunciation of vellication. |
wap | to throw or pull quickly. |
yank | to pull suddenly. |
yerk | to tie with a jerk. |