Search Result for "pull up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. come to a halt after driving somewhere;
- Example: "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"
- Example: "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
[syn: draw up, pull up, haul up]

2. straighten oneself;
- Example: "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
[syn: draw up, pull up, straighten up]

3. cause (a vehicle) to stop;
- Example: "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
[syn: draw up, pull up]

4. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;
- Example: "pull weeds"
- Example: "extract a bad tooth"
- Example: "take out a splinter"
- Example: "extract information from the telegram"
[syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pull up v 1: come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us" [syn: draw up, pull up, haul up] 2: straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior" [syn: draw up, pull up, straighten up] 3: cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel" [syn: draw up, pull up] 4: 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" [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "pull up": arraign, arrest, avulse, bank, block, brake, bring to, bring up, bring up short, cease fire, check, checkmate, come up short, crab, cut out, cut short, dam, deadlock, deracinate, dig out, dig up, dip, disentangle, draw, draw out, draw rein, draw up, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract, extricate, feather, fetch up, file a claim, fishtail, freeze, get out, gouge out, grub up, halt, hang fire, haul up, have up, impeach, indict, loop, mine, pick out, plow, pluck out, pluck up, porpoise, prefer charges, pull, pull out, push down, put paid to, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, roll, root out, root up, sideslip, skid, spin, spiral, stalemate, stall, stay, stem, stem the tide, stick, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stunt, take out, tear out, undulate, unearth, unravel, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest out, yaw