# pulling

Pronunciation: say "PUUL-ing" /ˈpʊlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of pull. — present participle and gerund of pull
   - Simple: Present participle of pull. Use this -ing form when the pulling is happening right now.
   - _The horses were pulling the heavy cart up the steep hill._
   - _Pulling at the tangled knot only made it tighter._

## Noun

2. An act of drawing or dragging something by means of applied force.
   - Simple: An act of moving something by using force to draw it closer or along.
   - _A steady pulling on the oars moved the small boat forward._
   - _The pulling of the net brought the day's catch onto the deck._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — From Middle English *pullynge, equivalent to "pull" plus the suffix "-ing".
**Meaning 2** — From Middle English pulling, also spelled pullyng or pullynge, equivalent to "pull" plus the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pulling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).