Past tense of pull
regular verb
The past tense of pull is pulled. The past participle is also pulled.
Forms of pull
| Base form (V1) | pull /pʊl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pulled /pʊld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pulled /pʊld/ |
| Present participle | pulling /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pulls /pʊlz/ |
Pulled in a sentence
- I pulled at the club last night.
- He's pulled that bird over there.
- They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.From the entry mill
- The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.From the entry bridge
- The smell pulled a string that reawakened his memory of his grandmother's cooking.From the entry string
Meaning of pull
- verb To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- verb To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
- verb To attract or net; to pull in.
Questions about the past tense of pull
- What is the past tense of pull?
- The past tense of pull is pulled.
- What is the past participle of pull?
- The past participle of pull is pulled.
- Is pull a regular or irregular verb?
- Pull is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pull (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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