pullistua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
- balloon noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
- bilge noun The lowest part of a ship's hull, where water collects.
- billow noun A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound.
- bulge noun A part that swells or sticks out from an otherwise flat or smooth surface.
- pooch noun Informal word for a dog, especially a mongrel or family pet.
- protrude verb To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
- strut verb To walk in a proud, stiff, confident way, often with the head held high.
- swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
Senses
pullistua is used for these senses in English:
- bag (obsolete, ambitransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
- balloon (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- bilge (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
- billow To swell out or bulge.
- bulge (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
- pooch (intransitive) To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
- protrude (transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
- strut (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.
bag — full definition
- noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
- verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.
balloon — full definition
- noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
- noun The rounded outline enclosing a character's speech in a comic strip.
- verb To swell or increase rapidly in size or amount.