pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull sth up
Participle: pulled sth up
Gerund: pulling sth up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull sth up
youpull sth up
he;she;itpulls sth up
wepull sth up
youpull sth up
theypull sth up

Perfect

Ihave pulled sth up
youhave pulled sth up
he;she;ithas pulled sth up
wehave pulled sth up
youhave pulled sth up
theyhave pulled sth up

Past

Ipulled sth up
youpulled sth up
he;she;itpulled sth up
wepulled sth up
youpulled sth up
theypulled sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled sth up
youhad pulled sth up
he;she;ithad pulled sth up
wehad pulled sth up
youhad pulled sth up
theyhad pulled sth up

Future

Iwill pull sth up
youwill pull sth up
he;she;itwill pull sth up
wewill pull sth up
youwill pull sth up
theywill pull sth up

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled sth up
youwill have pulled sth up
he;she;itwill have pulled sth up
wewill have pulled sth up
youwill have pulled sth up
theywill have pulled sth up

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull sth up
youpull sth up
he;she;itpull sth up
wepull sth up
youpull sth up
theypull sth up

Perfect

Ihave pulled sth up
youhave pulled sth up
he;she;ithave pulled sth up
wehave pulled sth up
youhave pulled sth up
theyhave pulled sth up

Imperfect

Ipulled sth up
youpulled sth up
he;she;itpulled sth up
wepulled sth up
youpulled sth up
theypulled sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled sth up
youhad pulled sth up
he;she;ithad pulled sth up
wehad pulled sth up
youhad pulled sth up
theyhad pulled sth up

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull sth up
youwould pull sth up
he;she;itwould pull sth up
wewould pull sth up
youwould pull sth up
theywould pull sth up

Perfect

Iwould have pulled sth up
youwould have pulled sth up
he;she;itwould have pulled sth up
wewould have pulled sth up
youwould have pulled sth up
theywould have pulled sth up

Imperative

youpull sth up
weLet's pull sth up
youpull sth up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling sth up
youare pulling sth up
he;she;itis pulling sth up
weare pulling sth up
youare pulling sth up
theyare pulling sth up

Perfect

Ihave been pulling sth up
youhave been pulling sth up
he;she;ithas been pulling sth up
wehave been pulling sth up
youhave been pulling sth up
theyhave been pulling sth up

Past

Iwas pulling sth up
youwere pulling sth up
he;she;itwas pulling sth up
wewere pulling sth up
youwere pulling sth up
theywere pulling sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling sth up
youhad been pulling sth up
he;she;ithad been pulling sth up
wehad been pulling sth up
youhad been pulling sth up
theyhad been pulling sth up

Future

Iwill be pulling sth up
youwill be pulling sth up
he;she;itwill be pulling sth up
wewill be pulling sth up
youwill be pulling sth up
theywill be pulling sth up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling sth up
youwill have been pulling sth up
he;she;itwill have been pulling sth up
wewill have been pulling sth up
youwill have been pulling sth up
theywill have been pulling sth up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling sth up
youwould be pulling sth up
he;she;itwould be pulling sth up
wewould be pulling sth up
youwould be pulling sth up
theywould be pulling sth up

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling sth up
youwould have been pulling sth up
he;she;itwould have been pulling sth up
wewould have been pulling sth up
youwould have been pulling sth up
theywould have been pulling sth up

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)