"pull down" meaning in All languages combined

See pull down on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pulls down [present, singular, third-person], pulling down [participle, present], pulled down [participle, past], pulled down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull down (third-person singular simple present pulls down, present participle pulling down, simple past and past participle pulled down)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). Tags: transitive Translations (make lower): trække ned (Danish), trække for (Danish), malkuspi (Esperanto), rabattre (French), ramener (French), lehúz (Hungarian), tirare giù (Italian), abbassare (Italian), abbassarsi (Italian), togliersi (Italian), calare (Italian), calarsi (Italian), 引き下げる (hikisageru) (Japanese), tâ-ūi (Khiamniungan Naga)
    Sense id: en-pull_down-en-verb-t88Zjc1t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 44 36 Disambiguation of 'make lower': 100 0 0
  2. (transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (demolish): sökmək (Azerbaijani), démolir (French), abattre (French), lerombol (Hungarian), demolire (Italian), abbattere (Italian), radere al suolo (Italian), ییقمق (yıkmak) (Ottoman Turkish), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), сноси́ть (snosítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), снести́ (snestí) [perfective] (Russian), demoler (Spanish), yıkmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pull_down-en-verb-Tl4vqc~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 44 36 Disambiguation of 'demolish': 2 87 11
  3. (transitive) To cause to fall to the floor Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pull_down-en-verb-YVYuxMhs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 44 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 25 23 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 23 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 25 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 21 17 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 12 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 19 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 29 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations: 21 16 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 20 16 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 16 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 18 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: micro-pulling-down

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause to fall to the floor"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "trække ned"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "sense": "make lower",
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      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "rabattre"
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      "word": "lehúz"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "make lower",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "abbassare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "abbassarsi"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "togliersi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "make lower",
      "word": "calare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "roman": "hikisageru",
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      "word": "引き下げる"
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      "code": "kix",
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      "sense": "demolish",
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      "word": "lerombol"
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      "sense": "demolish",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "demolish",
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      "sense": "demolish",
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      "sense": "demolish",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.