| broadside | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway | an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" |
| ~ ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing | a public promotion of some product or service. |
| ~ stuffer | an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail. |
| n. (communication) | 2. broadside, philippic, tirade | a speech of violent denunciation. |
| ~ denouncement, denunciation | a public act of denouncing. |
| ~ declamation | vehement oratory. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. broadside | all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship. |
| ~ armament | weaponry used by military or naval force. |
| ~ naval forces, navy | an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. broadside | the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern.; "the ship was broadside to the dock" |
| ~ side | an extended outer surface of an object.; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" |
| n. (act) | 5. broadside | the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship. |
| ~ firing, fire | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy.; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
| ~ naval forces, navy | an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare. |
| v. (contact) | 6. broadside | collide with the broad side of.; "her car broad-sided mine" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| adj. | 7. broadside | toward a full side.; "a broadside attack" |
| ~ side | located on a side.; "side fences"; "the side porch" |
| adv. | 8. broadside | with a side facing an object.; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it" |
| diatribe | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. diatribe, fulmination | thunderous verbal attack. |
| ~ denouncement, denunciation | a public act of denouncing. |
| load | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. burden, load, loading | weight to be borne or conveyed. |
| ~ burthen | a variant of `burden'. |
| ~ dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself. |
| ~ live load, superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic. |
| ~ millstone | any load that is difficult to carry. |
| ~ overburden, overload | an excessive burden. |
| ~ overload | an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power. |
| ~ weight | an artifact that is heavy. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. load, loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time.; "the system broke down under excessive loads" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ trainload | quantity that can be carried by a train. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment | goods carried by a large vehicle. |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| n. (quantity) | 4. load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate.; "he got a load on and started a brawl" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. load | the power output of a generator or power plant. |
| ~ electric power, electrical power, wattage | the product of voltage and current. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ headache, worry, vexation, concern | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance. |
| ~ fardel | a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle). |
| ~ imposition | an uncalled-for burden.; "he listened but resented the imposition" |
| ~ pill | something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured.; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 7. load, lode | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks. |
| ~ alluviation, deposit, sedimentation | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating. |
| ~ champion lode, mother lode | the main vein of ore in a deposit. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. load, payload, warhead | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents. |
| ~ atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead | the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb. |
| ~ explosive | a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. |
| ~ guided missile | a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered. |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| v. (contact) | 10. lade, laden, load, load up | fill or place a load on.; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ load down, pack | load with a pack. |
| ~ bomb up | load an aircraft with bombs. |
| ~ overcharge, overload, surcharge | place too much a load on.; "don't overload the car" |
| ~ reload | place a new load on.; "The movers reloaded the truck" |
| ~ stack | load or cover with stacks.; "stack a truck with boxes" |
| v. (contact) | 11. charge, load | provide (a device) with something necessary.; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ recharge, reload | load anew.; "She reloaded the gun carefully" |
| v. (possession) | 12. load | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| v. (contact) | 13. load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance.; "load the bags onto the trucks" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (change) | 14. adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.; "adulterate liquor" |
| ~ stretch, extend | increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance.; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" |
| ~ spoil, corrupt | alter from the original. |
| ~ water down | thin by adding water to.; "They watered down the moonshine" |
| ~ doctor, doctor up, sophisticate | alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" |
| pull | | |
| n. (act) | 1. pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| ~ drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force).; "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
| ~ haul, haulage, draw | the act of drawing or hauling something.; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" |
| ~ tug, jerk | a sudden abrupt pull. |
| ~ draught, drawing, draft | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling. |
| ~ deracination, extirpation, excision | the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence. |
| ~ pluck | the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord. |
| ~ traction | (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing.; "his leg was in traction for several days" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. pull | the force used in pulling.; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" |
| ~ force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. clout, pull | special advantage or influence.; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" |
| ~ advantage, vantage | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position.; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. pull | a device used for pulling something.; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" |
| ~ bellpull | a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc.. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet). |
| n. (state) | 5. pull, twist, wrench | a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments.; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ sprain | a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments. |
| n. (act) | 6. drag, puff, pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
| ~ smoking, smoke | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances.; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" |
| ~ breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ toke | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" |
| n. (act) | 7. pull | a sustained effort.; "it was a long pull but we made it" |
| ~ elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| v. (contact) | 8. draw, force, pull | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ twitch | move or pull with a sudden motion. |
| ~ pull back | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!" |
| ~ adduct | draw a limb towards the body.; "adduct the thigh muscle" |
| ~ abduct | pull away from the body.; "this muscle abducts" |
| ~ stretch | pull in opposite directions.; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" |
| ~ pluck, plunk, pick | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
| ~ tug | pull or strain hard at.; "Each oar was tugged by several men" |
| ~ drag | pull, as against a resistance.; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
| ~ cart, haul, drag, hale | draw slowly or heavily.; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ jerk, yank | pull, or move with a sudden movement.; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" |
| ~ winch | pull or lift up with or as if with a winch.; "winch up the slack line" |
| ~ pluck, pull off, pick off, tweak | pull or pull out sharply.; "pluck the flowers off the bush" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ pull, draw | cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
| v. (contact) | 9. attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ tug | pull hard.; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings" |
| ~ arrest, catch, get | attract and fix.; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" |
| ~ draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ bring | attract the attention of.; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" |
| ~ curl up, curl, draw in | shape one's body into a curl.; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" |
| v. (motion) | 10. pull | move into a certain direction.; "the car pulls to the right" |
| ~ pull | steer into a certain direction.; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" |
| ~ drive | move by being propelled by a force.; "The car drove around the corner" |
| ~ cut in | drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably. |
| v. (contact) | 11. pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| ~ wrench, twist | twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates.; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" |
| ~ gather | draw and bring closer.; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders" |
| ~ attract | exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies" |
| ~ force | do forcibly; exert force.; "Don't force it!" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ hike up, hitch up | pull up.; "He hitched up his socks and pants" |
| ~ pick at, pluck at, pull at | pluck or pull at with the fingers.; "She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse" |
| ~ draw back, pull back, retract | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). |
| ~ draw close | pull towards oneself.; "He drew the crying child close" |
| v. (social) | 12. commit, perpetrate, pull | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ make | carry out or commit.; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" |
| ~ recommit | commit once again, as of a crime. |
| v. (motion) | 13. draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ pull | take away.; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
| ~ extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull | remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" |
| ~ unsheathe | draw from a sheath or scabbard.; "the knight unsheathed his sword" |
| ~ draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well.; "She drew water from the barrel" |
| v. (motion) | 14. pull | steer into a certain direction.; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" |
| ~ drive | cause someone or something to move by driving.; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" |
| ~ pull | move into a certain direction.; "the car pulls to the right" |
| v. (body) | 15. overstretch, pull | strain abnormally.; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| v. (motion) | 16. draw, pull | cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 17. pull | operate when rowing a boat.; "pull the oars" |
| ~ row | propel with oars.; "row the boat across the lake" |
| v. (motion) | 18. pull | rein in to keep from winning a race.; "pull a horse" |
| ~ rein, rein in | stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins.; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" |
| v. (contact) | 19. pull, rend, rip, rive | tear or be torn violently.; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
| ~ rupture, tear, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" |
| v. (contact) | 20. pull | hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing.; "pull the ball" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (contact) | 21. deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear | strip of feathers.; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| v. (contact) | 22. draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out | remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing.; "wring out the washcloth" |
| ~ demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave. |
| ~ thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.; "She had her eyebrows threaded" |
| ~ pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
| v. (competition) | 23. pull, root for | take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" |
| ~ side | take sides for or against.; "Who are you widing with?"; "I'm siding against the current candidate" |
| v. (change) | 24. pull | take away.; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
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