downpullingn.

Brit.

/daʊnˈpʊlɪŋ/,

/ˈdaʊnpʊlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌpʊlɪŋ/

Forms: see down- prefix and pulling n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, pulling n.

Etymology: < down- prefix + pulling n., in sense 1 after to pull down at pull v. Phrasal verbs.

†1. The action of destroying or demolishing something. Cf. to pull down 2 at pull v. Phrasal verbs. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition

subversiona1382

razinga1400

racing?a1450

beating down1530

rasing1552

demolishing1560

plucking1560

demolitiona1572

downpulling1581

demolishment1602

slighting1640

wreck1711

wrecking1775

wreckage1837

train-wrecking1872

unbuilding1879

demo1945

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. xxxvii. f. 189^v From building of Chapellis, To doun pulling of kirkis.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 359 This Priorie Church and house, of S. Iohn was preserued from spoile, or down pulling.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii. 60/1 In our age of Downpulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down.

1868 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 533/1 It is wonderful how it came to pass..that, amid all the overturning and downpulling of the past century, the palaces of the tyrant Capet should have remained standing.

1903 Art Interchange Jan. 15/3 The birds, the bees, the very worms work together to the upbuilding or the downpulling of a garden.

2. The action of pulling down on something; a pulling down on a person or thing (literal and figurative). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1873 H. W. Beecher Orig. Plymouth Pulpit X. 166 While man is living in this life subject to all its ailments and down-pullings and hindrances of every kind, who can conceive what he will be when his spirit wings its way upward.

1902 Assoc. Rev. (Amer. Assoc. to promote Teaching of Speech to Deaf) 4 119 The levatores-palati muscles also support the palate against the down-pulling of the palato-glossi muscles.

1933 Science 27 Jan. 100/2 Such subsidence must be by downthrusting or downpulling.

1957 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 57 1572/3 She must remember to avoid a down-pulling on her arm and prevent fatigue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downpulling
释义	downpullingn. Brit. /daʊnˈpʊlɪŋ/, /ˈdaʊnpʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌpʊlɪŋ/ Forms: see down- prefix and pulling n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, pulling n. Etymology: < down- prefix + pulling n., in sense 1 after to pull down at pull v. Phrasal verbs. †1. The action of destroying or demolishing something. Cf. to pull down 2 at pull v. Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition subversiona1382 razinga1400 racing?a1450 beating down1530 rasing1552 demolishing1560 plucking1560 demolitiona1572 downpulling1581 demolishment1602 slighting1640 wreck1711 wrecking1775 wreckage1837 train-wrecking1872 unbuilding1879 demo1945 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. xxxvii. f. 189^v From building of Chapellis, To doun pulling of kirkis. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 359 This Priorie Church and house, of S. Iohn was preserued from spoile, or down pulling. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii. 60/1 In our age of Downpulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down. 1868 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 533/1 It is wonderful how it came to pass..that, amid all the overturning and downpulling of the past century, the palaces of the tyrant Capet should have remained standing. 1903 Art Interchange Jan. 15/3 The birds, the bees, the very worms work together to the upbuilding or the downpulling of a garden. 2. The action of pulling down on something; a pulling down on a person or thing (literal and figurative). Now rare. ΚΠ 1873 H. W. Beecher Orig. Plymouth Pulpit X. 166 While man is living in this life subject to all its ailments and down-pullings and hindrances of every kind, who can conceive what he will be when his spirit wings its way upward. 1902 Assoc. Rev. (Amer. Assoc. to promote Teaching of Speech to Deaf) 4 119 The levatores-palati muscles also support the palate against the down-pulling of the palato-glossi muscles. 1933 Science 27 Jan. 100/2 Such subsidence must be by downthrusting or downpulling. 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 57 1572/3 She must remember to avoid a down-pulling on her arm and prevent fatigue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581
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