引く — meaning in English
hiku
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English meaning
- deduct verb To subtract or take away an amount from a total.
- drag verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
- draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
- lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
- minus prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
- pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
- subtract verb To take one number or amount away from another.
Senses
引く is used for these senses in English:
- deduct To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- drag (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- lead Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- lead To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- lead To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- minus (mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]
- pull (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- subtract (transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
drag — full definition
- verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
- noun A resisting force that slows down something moving through air or liquid.
- noun Something tedious or annoying.
- noun Elaborate, exaggerated clothing of the opposite gender worn for performance, especially by drag queens and kings.
- verb To insult or criticize someone sharply, often publicly (informal).