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1 force
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] apply force to something[Swahili Word] -shindika[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] press or crush sugarcane[Swahili Example] shindika miwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] apply force to something[Swahili Word] -sindika[Part of Speech] verb[Class] intransitive[English Example] apply force on the sugarcane[Swahili Example] shindika miwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] arbitrary use of force[Swahili Word] Kabwela[Swahili Plural] makabwela[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] hakimu wa korti amenipa kabwela kubwa ya nguvu kushinda mastaka yangu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be forced[Swahili Word] -paswa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] passive[English Example] "Once a lady was married to him, she was forced to be to him just like other women".[Swahili Example] maadamu alikuwa amekwisha mwoa alipaswa kumtendea kama wanawake wengine [Kez]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be forced[Swahili Word] -shurutishwa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] caus-pass[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] sharti, shuruti, -shurutisha, -shurutishia, -shurutishika, -shurutishana------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be forced (to work)[Swahili Word] -sulibika[Part of Speech] verb[Class] intransitive------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be forced (to work)[Swahili Word] -sulubika[Part of Speech] verb[Class] intransitive------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] by force[Swahili Word] kwa nguvu[Part of Speech] adverb[English Example] by force[Swahili Example] kwa nguvu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] by force[Swahili Word] shuruti[Part of Speech] adverb[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] sharti, -shurutisha, -shurutishika, -shurutishana, -shurutishiwa, shurutisho, mshurutisho------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] bavu[Swahili Plural] mabavu[Part of Speech] noun[English Example] don't force me![Swahili Example] usiniletee bavu!------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] mkazo[Swahili Plural] mikazo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] kaza V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] nguvu[Swahili Plural] nguvu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] put under custody[Swahili Example] tia nguvuni------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[English Plural] forces[Swahili Word] shurutisho[Swahili Plural] mashurutisho[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] sharti, shuruti------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] tani[Swahili Plural] tani[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] Eng.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] usulubu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[English Plural] force[Swahili Word] kibavu[Swahili Plural] vibavu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -ghusubu[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -gogoroda[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -himia[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] hima------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -juburu[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -juburu[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -lazimisha[Part of Speech] verb[Class] causative[Derived Word] Arabic: lazima N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -shurutisha[Part of Speech] verb[Class] causative[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] sharti, shuruti, -shurutishia, -shurutishika, -shurutishana, -shurutishwa[English Example] Hadija forced the child to put on clothes[Swahili Example] Hadija alishurutisha mtoto kuvaa nguo------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -sulibi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -sulubu[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force[Swahili Word] -wajibisha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force (always used impersonally)[Swahili Word] -bidi[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Definition] kulazimika[English Example] Perhaps the war will intensify between them and force the OAU to look for firm ways to end this quarrel.[Swahili Example] Huenda vita vitaimarika kati yao na kubidi OAU kutafuta njia mathubuti za kumaliza mzozo huo [Masomo 326]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force (holding something together)[English Plural] forces[Swahili Word] kifungo[Swahili Plural] vifungo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -funga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force a way through something[Swahili Word] -tumbuza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force down[Swahili Word] -didimisha[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] -didimia v------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force in[Swahili Word] -penyesha[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] penya------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force into[Swahili Word] -penyeza[Part of Speech] verb[Class] causative[English Example] He forced the key into the lock and opened it.[Swahili Example] akapenyeza ufunguo kwenye kitasa cha kufuli akaufunga [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force its way out[Swahili Word] -chimbuza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force one's way through something[Swahili Word] -toboa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force oneself[Swahili Word] -jikalifu[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] takalifu, ukalifu, utakalifu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] force oneself to do something[Swahili Word] -kaimia[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] press[Swahili Word] -shindika[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] press or crush sugarcane[Swahili Example] shindika miwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pulling force[Swahili Word] mvuto[Swahili Plural] mivuto[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] unfair use of force[Swahili Word] Kabwela[Swahili Plural] makabwela[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] hakimu wa korti amenipa kabwela kubwa ya nguvu kushinda mastaka yangu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] use force[Swahili Word] -kazana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reciprocal[Swahili Example] Ndugu Lupituko amekazana kumpiga mama Dzilongwa mateke 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2 pull
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be pulled[Swahili Word] -vutwa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] passive[Derived Word] vuta V[Swahili Example] alishtukia akivutwa mguu kwa hamasa [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be pulled out[Swahili Word] -ng'olewa[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] ng'oa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who pulls something out[Swahili Word] mng'oaji[Swahili Plural] wang'oaji[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ng'oa V[English Example] dentist.[Swahili Example] mng'oaji meno------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull[Swahili Word] -burura[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull[Swahili Word] -buruta[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull[Swahili Word] -gogota[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull[Swahili Word] -tungiza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull[Swahili Word] -vuta[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] kikitumia nguvu zake zote kuvuta riziki katika tundu ya kinyonyo [Sul], alifanya kuvuta mguu wake huku na huku kuikutanisha [Moh], alivuta na kushusha pumzi [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull (suddenly)[Swahili Word] -gutua[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] mkutuo N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull (suddenly)[Swahili Word] -kutua[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] mkutuo N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull (the bark from a tree etc)[Swahili Word] -ponoa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull along[Swahili Word] -fungasha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull along[Swahili Word] -kokota[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull apart[Swahili Word] -tatua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull down[Swahili Word] -inika[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] kiinizo; inama, inua[Swahili Example] inika tawi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull each other's leg[Swahili Word] -taniana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reciprocal[English Example] even this very time, we were pulling each other's leg[Swahili Example] hata hivi sasa tulikuwa tunataniana [Abd]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull in pieces[Swahili Word] -nyambua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -ambua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] remove skin (rind, bark); peel an orange[Swahili Example] pull ngozi; pull mchungwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -babua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -chambua[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -ambua------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -chana[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] he removed a book and pen from his coat pocket, pulled off a page and wrote out a divorce statement[Swahili Example] akatoa kitabu na kalamu kwenye mfuko wa koti, akachana karatasi na kuandika talaka [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -gandua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -puchua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] peel of mango.[Swahili Example] pujua embe------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull off[Swahili Word] -pujua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] peel off the mango.[Swahili Example] pujua embe------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull oneself[Swahili Word] -jivuta[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Swahili Example] akajivuta kusogea kwa mumewe [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -chomoa[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] pull out a knife[Swahili Example] chomoa kisu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -chopoa[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] chopa v------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -futua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -ng'oa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -topoa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out[Swahili Word] -zidua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out (hair)[Swahili Word] -nyonyoa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out (of a bundle)[Swahili Word] -vura[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull out for or from someone[Swahili Word] -chomolea[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull someone's leg[Swahili Word] -tania[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pull up (plants)[Swahili Word] -nyaka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------ -
3 stick
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] defensive knobbed stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] rungu[Swahili Plural] marungu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] flexible stick used to capture burrowing nearshore worms for bait[English Plural] flexible sticks[Swahili Word] telewa[Swahili Plural] telewa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Dialect] Kimvita[Terminology] marine------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] forked stick[English Plural] forked sticks[Swahili Word] kongwa[Swahili Plural] makongwa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] get stuck[Swahili Word] -ama[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hockey stick[English Plural] hockey sticks[Swahili Word] gongo[Swahili Plural] magongo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hooked stick (used to pull down branches in fruit-picking)[English Plural] hooked sticks[Swahili Word] chogoe[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hooked stick for pulling down fruit[English Plural] hooked sticks[Swahili Word] upembo[Swahili Plural] pembo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] large hooked stick[English Plural] large hooked sticks[Swahili Word] ngoe[Swahili Plural] ngoe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make (legs) stick in[Swahili Word] -topeza[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] topea V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of stick used for twisting the rope tightening firewood[Swahili Word] mlio[Swahili Plural] milio[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pointed stick[English Plural] pointed sticks[Swahili Word] mchokoo[Swahili Plural] michokoo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] -chokoa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pointed stick[English Plural] pointed sticks[Swahili Word] mkonjo[Swahili Plural] mikonjo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] konzo------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pointed stick[English Plural] pointed sticks[Swahili Word] mkonzo[Swahili Plural] mikonzo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] konzo------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pointed stick used for opening coconuts[English Plural] pointed sticks[Swahili Word] chuo[Swahili Plural] vyuo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] short thick stick[English Plural] short thick sticks[Swahili Word] kibarango[Swahili Plural] vibarango[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Related Words] mbarango------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] short, thick stick (made from the wood of the mpweke tree)[English Plural] short, thick sticks[Swahili Word] mpweke[Swahili Plural] mipweke[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] mpweke N (type of tree)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] bakora[Swahili Plural] bakora[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] bakora ya kiskofu[Note] rel. crozier.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] fimbo[Swahili Plural] fimbo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] a stick that you don't have in hand won't kill a snake (proverb)[Swahili Example] fimbo ya mbali hayiuwi nyoka (methali)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] kijiti[Swahili Plural] vijiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] mti[English Example] he stops his arms, as though he had been stuck with a stick in his eye[Swahili Example] anasimamisha mikono, kama aliyechomwa kijiti machoni [Ma]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] konjo[Swahili Plural] makonjo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] konzo[Swahili Plural] makonzo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] mbarango[Swahili Plural] mibarango[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] mkongojo[Swahili Plural] mikongojo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] konga V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] ukongojo[Swahili Plural] kongojo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10[Derived Word] konga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] njiti[Swahili Plural] njiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] ufito[Swahili Plural] fito[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -ama[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -choma[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -kokorocha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -korocha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -korochakorocha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -nata[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -sagama[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -tofoa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick[Swahili Word] -tofua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (for digging holes)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] mshamo[Swahili Plural] mishamo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (stout)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] kiwi[Swahili Plural] viwi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (to a frying pan)[Swahili Word] -ungua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (to the ground)[Swahili Word] -jikaza[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Swahili Example] ki-Asumini kilijikaza chini ya mihogo [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (together)[Swahili Word] -ambata[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] amba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (used by weavers to tighten thread)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] mladi[Swahili Plural] miladi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (with a hardened tip used as a hunting weapon or in pit traps)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] ukonjo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (with a hardened tip used as a hunting weapon or in pit traps)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] ukonzo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick (with hardened tip used for hunting)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] konzo[Swahili Plural] makonzo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick between two things[Swahili Word] -pachika[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick fast[Swahili Word] -ganda[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick fast[Swahili Word] -kwama[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick fast[Swahili Word] -zinda[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick for sitting on when picking cloves[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] parago[Swahili Plural] maparago[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] paraga V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick in[Swahili Word] -pachika[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] fasten a knife-blade in the handle.[Swahili Example] pachika kisu kipinini------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick in (belt etc.)[Swahili Word] -futika[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -futa[Related Words] -futua------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick in the throat[Swahili Word] -sama[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick of wood[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] banzi[Swahili Plural] mabanzi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick on[Swahili Word] -bandika[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick on which one props oneself when picking cloves[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] parago[Swahili Plural] maparago[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick out[Swahili Word] -benua[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -benulia, -benusha, mbenuko, mbinu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick set against a door to hold it shut[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] kiwi[Swahili Plural] viwi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick to[Swahili Word] -gandamia[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick together[Swahili Word] -amba[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick together[Swahili Word] -ambatana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reciprocal[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] ambata[English Example] the cloth has stuck to the wound[Swahili Example] nguo imeambatana na kidonda------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick together[Swahili Word] -shikamana[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] the rice stuck together after being cooked[Swahili Example] Wali ulishikamana baada ya kupikwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick used for knocking down fruit[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] pikipiki[Swahili Plural] mapikipiki[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -piga[Swahili Definition] fimbo ndogo ya kutupia mtini ili kuangusha matunda------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick used in rope-making[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] kileti[Swahili Plural] vileti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick used to remove fish from larger basket type fish traps[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] palio[Swahili Plural] palio[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Dialect] Kimvita[Terminology] marine------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick with iron tip (for digging stones)[English Plural] sticks[Swahili Word] muo[Swahili Plural] miuo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] stick with something[Swahili Word] -gandama na[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sticking together[Swahili Word] mnato[Swahili Plural] minato[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] nata V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sticks (bunch of), laid inside a cooking-pot to keep the food from burning[English Plural] sticks (bunches of)[Swahili Word] nyalio[Swahili Plural] nyalio[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sticks or laths used to fill up the spaces in the framework of a house prior to plastering[Swahili Word] wasa[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sticks used for fortune-telling[Swahili Word] wano[Swahili Plural] mawano[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thick stick[English Plural] thick sticks[Swahili Word] gongo[Swahili Plural] magongo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Swahili[English Example] he plays hockey with a thick stick[Swahili Example] anacheza hoki kwa gongo [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] walking stick with the handle shaped like the bill of a hornbill[English Plural] walking sticks[Swahili Word] domo la kwembe[Swahili Plural] madomo ya kwembe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------
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pulling power — n British sexual attraction, the ability to attract and/or pick up members of the opposite sex. The term, from the verb to pull, is usually applied to males … Contemporary slang
pull in — verb 1. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (Freq. 4) Her good looks attract the stares of many men The ad pulled in many potential customers This pianist pulls huge crowds The store owner… … Useful english dictionary
pull someone's leg — verb subject to a playful hoax or joke • Syn: ↑hoax, ↑play a joke on • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑hoaxer (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pull at — verb pluck or pull at with the fingers She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse • Syn: ↑pick at, ↑pluck at • Hypernyms: ↑pull • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * … Useful english dictionary
pull — verb 1》 exert force on so as to cause movement towards oneself or the origin of the force. ↘be attached to the front and be the source of forward movement of (a vehicle). ↘remove by pulling. ↘(pull at/on) inhale deeply while drawing… … English new terms dictionary
draw off — verb 1. remove by drawing or pulling (Freq. 1) She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese • Syn: ↑draw away, ↑pull off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pull off — verb 1. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 2) pluck the flowers off the bush • Syn: ↑pluck, ↑tweak, ↑pick off • Derivationally related forms: ↑tweak (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
draw away — verb 1. move ahead of (one s competitors) in a race • Hypernyms: ↑lead, ↑head • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. remove by drawing or pulling She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth draw away the cloth that is covering … Useful english dictionary
pull round — verb continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) He survived the cancer against all odds • Syn: ↑survive, ↑pull through, ↑come through, ↑make it • Ant: ↑succumb ( … Useful english dictionary
rein in — verb 1. stop or slow up one s horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins (Freq. 2) They reined in in front of the post office • Syn: ↑rein • Derivationally related forms: ↑rein (for: ↑rein) … Useful english dictionary
root for — verb 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? • Syn: ↑pull • Hypernyms: ↑side … Useful english dictionary
