pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull apart sb
Participle: pulled apart sb
Gerund: pulling apart sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull apart sb
youpull apart sb
he;she;itpulls apart sb
wepull apart sb
youpull apart sb
theypull apart sb

Perfect

Ihave pulled apart sb
youhave pulled apart sb
he;she;ithas pulled apart sb
wehave pulled apart sb
youhave pulled apart sb
theyhave pulled apart sb

Past

Ipulled apart sb
youpulled apart sb
he;she;itpulled apart sb
wepulled apart sb
youpulled apart sb
theypulled apart sb

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled apart sb
youhad pulled apart sb
he;she;ithad pulled apart sb
wehad pulled apart sb
youhad pulled apart sb
theyhad pulled apart sb

Future

Iwill pull apart sb
youwill pull apart sb
he;she;itwill pull apart sb
wewill pull apart sb
youwill pull apart sb
theywill pull apart sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled apart sb
youwill have pulled apart sb
he;she;itwill have pulled apart sb
wewill have pulled apart sb
youwill have pulled apart sb
theywill have pulled apart sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull apart sb
youpull apart sb
he;she;itpull apart sb
wepull apart sb
youpull apart sb
theypull apart sb

Perfect

Ihave pulled apart sb
youhave pulled apart sb
he;she;ithave pulled apart sb
wehave pulled apart sb
youhave pulled apart sb
theyhave pulled apart sb

Imperfect

Ipulled apart sb
youpulled apart sb
he;she;itpulled apart sb
wepulled apart sb
youpulled apart sb
theypulled apart sb

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled apart sb
youhad pulled apart sb
he;she;ithad pulled apart sb
wehad pulled apart sb
youhad pulled apart sb
theyhad pulled apart sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull apart sb
youwould pull apart sb
he;she;itwould pull apart sb
wewould pull apart sb
youwould pull apart sb
theywould pull apart sb

Perfect

Iwould have pulled apart sb
youwould have pulled apart sb
he;she;itwould have pulled apart sb
wewould have pulled apart sb
youwould have pulled apart sb
theywould have pulled apart sb

Imperative

youpull apart sb
weLet's pull apart sb
youpull apart sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling apart sb
youare pulling apart sb
he;she;itis pulling apart sb
weare pulling apart sb
youare pulling apart sb
theyare pulling apart sb

Perfect

Ihave been pulling apart sb
youhave been pulling apart sb
he;she;ithas been pulling apart sb
wehave been pulling apart sb
youhave been pulling apart sb
theyhave been pulling apart sb

Past

Iwas pulling apart sb
youwere pulling apart sb
he;she;itwas pulling apart sb
wewere pulling apart sb
youwere pulling apart sb
theywere pulling apart sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling apart sb
youhad been pulling apart sb
he;she;ithad been pulling apart sb
wehad been pulling apart sb
youhad been pulling apart sb
theyhad been pulling apart sb

Future

Iwill be pulling apart sb
youwill be pulling apart sb
he;she;itwill be pulling apart sb
wewill be pulling apart sb
youwill be pulling apart sb
theywill be pulling apart sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling apart sb
youwill have been pulling apart sb
he;she;itwill have been pulling apart sb
wewill have been pulling apart sb
youwill have been pulling apart sb
theywill have been pulling apart sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling apart sb
youwould be pulling apart sb
he;she;itwould be pulling apart sb
wewould be pulling apart sb
youwould be pulling apart sb
theywould be pulling apart sb

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling apart sb
youwould have been pulling apart sb
he;she;itwould have been pulling apart sb
wewould have been pulling apart sb
youwould have been pulling apart sb
theywould have been pulling apart sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pull'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pull'

bull, cull, dull, full, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, pall,

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. pullian "to pluck or draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low Ger. pulen "remove the shell or husk." Original sense preserved in pull teeth, pull weeds, etc., by late 16c. it had replaced draw as the main word for this activity. The noun meaning "personal or private influence" is 1889 in Amer.Eng. Common verb in slang usages 19c.-20c.; to pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1980, probably on the notion of a captive animal; to pull (someone's) leg is from 1886, on notion of "playfully tripping." To pull one's punches is from 1934; pull in "arrive" is 1905, from the railroad; to pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. Pullover first recorded 1907. To pull rank is from 1923; to pull the rug from under (someone) is from 1946.
2. Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
3. Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”). See: Middle English 'pullen', Old English 'pullian', Low Saxon 'pulen', Icelandic 'púla'.

Verbs referencing "pull"

Dutch pulken.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You go long ! I'll boun ’ you pulled ’ em out; some o ’ your shines, ” said Aunt Chloe. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] leans against the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] cry out on ’ em ? ” said Aunt Chloe. “ Don't dey tear der suckin ’ baby right off his mother's breast, and sell him, and der little children as is crying and holding on by her clothes,—don't dey pull ’ em off and sells ’ em ? Don't dey tear wife and husband apart ? ” said Aunt Chloe, beginning to cry, “ when it's jest takin ’ the very life on ’ em ? — and all the while does they feel one bit, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Well, ’ said he, starting up, and pulling off his night-cap: ‘It 's all settled at last. I have arranged it with Queen Victoria. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Tom, let the door-knob alone,—there's a man ! Mary ! Mary ! don't pull the cat's tail,—poor pussy ! Jim, you mustn't climb on that table,—no, no ! — You don't know, my dear, what a surprise it is to us all, to see you here tonight ! ” said she, at last, when she found [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] breath short, and stood in silence. His wife, and their only colored domestic, old Aunt Dinah, were busily engaged in restorative measures; while old Cudjoe had got the boy on his knee, and was busy pulling off his shoes and stockings, and chafing his little cold feet. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • But we forbear, out of sympathy to our readers ’ bones. Western travellers, who have beguiled the midnight hour in the interesting process of pulling down rail fences, to pry their carriages out of mud holes, will have a respectful and mournful sympathy with our unfortunate hero. We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • " Is the gun really loaded ? " He pulls the gun and pulls out the clip... (This Is the Zodiac Speaking)
  • ♪ As I pulled away slowly ♪ Feeling so holy ♪ God knows I was feeling alive ♪ (Eephus)
  • Somebody's gonna pull it. We got to pivot. Get in her ear. (Disclosure Day)