pull tear

  • 91touse — I. verb or towse ˈtau̇z ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English tusen, tousen; akin to Frisian tūsen to pull, tear, Old High German zirzūsōn to pull to pieces transitive verb 1. : to pull or handle …

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  • 92dek̂-2 (: dok̂-, dēk̂ -) —     dek̂ 2 (: dok̂ , dēk̂ )     English meaning: to tear     Deutsche Übersetzung: “reißen, zerreißen, zerfassern”     Material: O.Ind. dasü “ protruding sheet filaments at the end of fabric, fringes “; Ir. dūal “lock, curl of hair”(*dok̂lo );… …

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  • 93convulse — convulsedly, adv. convulsible, adj. convulsibility, n. /keuhn vuls /, v.t., convulsed, convulsing. 1. to shake violently; agitate. 2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. 3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic… …

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  • 94rack — n 1. frame, framing, framework, trestle, arbot, scaffolding, structure; stretcher, form, Both Textiles. drawing frame, perch; hanger, clothes or hat tree or rack, bar, pole, dowel; stand, trivet, grate, grating, holder; crib, cradle, bed, Naut.… …

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  • 95convulse — con•vulse [[t]kənˈvʌls[/t]] v. t. vulsed, vuls•ing 1) to shake violently; agitate 2) to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc 3) pat to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles • Etymology: 1635–45; < L …

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  • 96strip — strip1 [strip] vt. stripped, stripping [ME strepen < OE stripan, akin to streifen, to strip off < IE * streub < base * ster , to streak, stroke > STRIKE] 1. to remove (the clothing or covering) of or from (a person); make naked;… …

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  • 97tease — teasable, adj. teasableness, n. teasingly, adv. /teez/, v., teased, teasing, n. v.t. 1. to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. 2. to pull apart or separate the adhering… …

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  • 98yank — Synonyms and related words: bob, clutch, evulse, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, grab, hitch, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, lug, lurch, pluck, pull, snake, snap, snatch, start, sudden pull, tear, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate …

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  • 99extraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of removing Nouns 1. extraction, removal; drawing out, pulling; elimination, extrication, eradication, evulsion; expression, squeezing; extirpation, suction, pumping, aspiration, siphoning, draining …

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  • 100rock — {{11}}rock (n.) stone, O.E. rocc (in stanrocc stone rock or obelisk ), also from O.N.Fr. roque, from M.L. rocca (767), from V.L. *rocca, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be from Celtic (Cf. Bret. roch). It seems to have been used in Middle… …

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