pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull away
Participle: pulled away
Gerund: pulling away

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull away
youpull away
he;she;itpulls away
wepull away
youpull away
theypull away

Perfect

Ihave pulled away
youhave pulled away
he;she;ithas pulled away
wehave pulled away
youhave pulled away
theyhave pulled away

Past

Ipulled away
youpulled away
he;she;itpulled away
wepulled away
youpulled away
theypulled away

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled away
youhad pulled away
he;she;ithad pulled away
wehad pulled away
youhad pulled away
theyhad pulled away

Future

Iwill pull away
youwill pull away
he;she;itwill pull away
wewill pull away
youwill pull away
theywill pull away

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled away
youwill have pulled away
he;she;itwill have pulled away
wewill have pulled away
youwill have pulled away
theywill have pulled away

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull away
youpull away
he;she;itpull away
wepull away
youpull away
theypull away

Perfect

Ihave pulled away
youhave pulled away
he;she;ithave pulled away
wehave pulled away
youhave pulled away
theyhave pulled away

Imperfect

Ipulled away
youpulled away
he;she;itpulled away
wepulled away
youpulled away
theypulled away

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled away
youhad pulled away
he;she;ithad pulled away
wehad pulled away
youhad pulled away
theyhad pulled away

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull away
youwould pull away
he;she;itwould pull away
wewould pull away
youwould pull away
theywould pull away

Perfect

Iwould have pulled away
youwould have pulled away
he;she;itwould have pulled away
wewould have pulled away
youwould have pulled away
theywould have pulled away

Imperative

youpull away
weLet's pull away
youpull away

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling away
youare pulling away
he;she;itis pulling away
weare pulling away
youare pulling away
theyare pulling away

Perfect

Ihave been pulling away
youhave been pulling away
he;she;ithas been pulling away
wehave been pulling away
youhave been pulling away
theyhave been pulling away

Past

Iwas pulling away
youwere pulling away
he;she;itwas pulling away
wewere pulling away
youwere pulling away
theywere pulling away

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling away
youhad been pulling away
he;she;ithad been pulling away
wehad been pulling away
youhad been pulling away
theyhad been pulling away

Future

Iwill be pulling away
youwill be pulling away
he;she;itwill be pulling away
wewill be pulling away
youwill be pulling away
theywill be pulling away

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling away
youwill have been pulling away
he;she;itwill have been pulling away
wewill have been pulling away
youwill have been pulling away
theywill have been pulling away

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling away
youwould be pulling away
he;she;itwould be pulling away
wewould be pulling away
youwould be pulling away
theywould be pulling away

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling away
youwould have been pulling away
he;she;itwould have been pulling away
wewould have been pulling away
youwould have been pulling away
theywould have been pulling away

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)