pull-down
1 of 2adjective
ˈpu̇l-ˌdau̇n 
: being or appearing below a selected item (such as an icon) in a window overlaying the original view on a computer display
The Mac screen offered help from cartoons, pointing devices, and commands on pull-down screens, making it vastly easier to comprehend than the nearly blank screen IBM presented.
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2 of 2verb
pulled down; pulling down; pulls down
transitive verb
1
a
: demolish, destroy
b
: to hunt down : overcome
2
a
: to bring to a lower level : reduce
b
: to depress in health, strength, or spirits
3
: to draw or earn (wages or salary)
Synonyms
Verb
- annihilate
- cream
- decimate
- demolish
- desolate
- destroy
- devastate
- do in
- extinguish
- nuke
- pulverize
- raze
- rub out
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- tear down
- total
- vaporize
- waste
- wrack
- wreck
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Example Sentences
Verb a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1983, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
pull-down
adjective
ˈpu̇l-ˌdau̇n
: appearing on a computer screen below a selected item
a pull-down menu
pulling down
verb
1
as in destroying
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- destroying
- ruining
- shattering
- devastating
- demolishing
- tearing down
- wrecking
- smashing
- doing in
- overcoming
- damaging
- rubbing out
- wasting
- eroding
- totaling
- extinguishing
- vaporizing
- pulverizing
- annihilating
- desolating
- wracking
- blowing up
- decimating
- razing
- washing out
- crippling
- taking down
- creaming
- marring
- killing
- breaking
- ravaging
- wiping out
- crushing
- removing
- dismantling
- cutting down
- defeating
- blasting
- nuking
- triumphing (over)
- blotting out
- prevailing (over)
- winning (against)
- totalling
- licking
- routing
- killing off
- taking out
- trimming
- subduing
- injuring
- mastering
- wearing (away)
- conquering
- surmounting
- sweeping (away)
- deteriorating
- disintegrating
- impairing
- whipping
- spoiling
- overbearing
- thrashing
- dissolving
- drubbing
- stamping (out)
- mutilating
- disfiguring
- harming
- clobbering
- trouncing
- mangling
- beating
- rooting (out)
- snuffing (out)
- besting
- eradicating
- undoing
- overmatching
- scouring
- defacing
- dynamiting
- walloping
- slaughtering
- gutting
- disassembling
- mowing (down)
- vitiating
- looting
- executing
- scotching
- assassinating
- sacking
- plundering
- murdering
- exterminating
- obliterating
- expunging
- trampling
- havocking
- unmaking
- extirpating
- effacing
- vandalizing
- liquidating
- slaying
- skunking
- dispatching
- pillaging
- butchering
- despoiling
- unbuilding
- trashing
- zapping
- massacring
- dilapidating
- felling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- setting up
- building
- constructing
- raising
- creating
- erecting
- bringing about
- repairing
- putting up
- fixing
- rearing
- producing
- making
- forming
- manufacturing
- shaping
- mending
- inventing
- establishing
- assembling
- forging
- patching
- organizing
- framing
- reconditioning
- molding
- protecting
- revamping
- constituting
- fabricating
- founding
- fashioning
- saving
- preserving
- instituting
- doctoring
- conserving
- restoring
- rebuilding
- remodeling
- reconstructing
- fathering
- renovating
2
as in demolishing
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down Synonyms & Similar Words
- demolishing
- tearing down
- wiping out
- blowing up
- razing
- unbuilding
- leveling
- levelling
- cracking up
- doing in
- destroying
- finishing
- dynamiting
- overturning
- abolishing
- eradicating
- devastating
- totaling
- wrecking
- wasting
- obliterating
- extirpating
- flattening
- pulverizing
- ravaging
- smashing
- ruining
- decimating
- devouring
- unmaking
- dissolving
- annihilating
- scourging
- totalling
- crushing
- dashing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- building
- constructing
- raising
- putting up
- erecting
- restoring
- rebuilding
- renewing
- creating
- making
- forming
- manufacturing
- shaping
- forging
- renovating
- fabricating
- fashioning
3
as in winning
to receive as return for effort he's pulling down six figures at that job Synonyms & Similar Words
- winning
- earning
- reaping
- gaining
- bringing in
- garnering
- making
- knocking down
- coming by
- getting
- obtaining
- landing
- realizing
- attaining
- securing
- acquiring
- capturing
- drawing
- procuring
- carrying
- achieving
- bagging
- taking over
- racking up
- picking up
- notching (up)
- scoring
- accomplishing
- accumulating
- netting
- grossing
- amassing
- occupying
- regaining
- clearing
- annexing
- catching
- remaking
- reattaining
- recapturing
- reacquiring
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- losing
- according
- forfeiting
- paying
- granting
- giving
- handing over
- parting (with)
- yielding
- relinquishing
- giving up
- surrendering