Underpull

Quick meaning: Underpull is a noun meaning (engineering) A driver for pumping that has the eccentrics under the gear wheel.

Meaning

(engineering) A driver for pumping that has the eccentrics under the gear wheel.

More Meanings

1. Synonym of undertow.
2. (more generally) A downward pull or force.
3. A negative influence.
4. A secret or indirect influence.
5. (climbing) A handhold that allows one to pull oneself up from below.
6. The act of pulling (any sense) insufficiently.
7. (transitive) To exert one's influence secretly.

Example Sentences

Our underpull pumping power is designed to pump wells in any direction.

Stimulating forces tingled more intensely from the lower underpull of gravity.

A second later the underpull seized him and he was lost beneath the stone and held there by the force of surging water.

[…] steps stretching the height of the tower carry upward the longings of men who wished to escape the underpull of time and gravity.

Word Forms

• underpulls
• underpulling
• underpulled

Synonyms for underpull

Depending on context, synonyms include undertow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underdrag, underwork, outpull, outpsych, undercut, overput.

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