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PULL IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get or bring together
Example:
accumulate evidence
Synonyms:
collect; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):
accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):
archive; file away (put into an archive)
beat up; drum up; rally (gather)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Example:
The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
Synonyms:
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):
draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Verb group:
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):
tug (pull hard)
arrest; catch; get (attract and fix)
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
bring (attract the attention of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of trains; move into (a station)
Example:
The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
Synonyms:
draw in; get in; move in; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Verb group:
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
pull out (move out or away)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Example:
He clears $5,000 each month
Synonyms:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They pull in the money
