Synonyms of the word traction


TRACTIONFRICTION - GRIP - PULL - PULLING - RUBBING

traction

  • n. The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
  • n. the condition of being so pulled.
  • n. Grip.
  • n. The pulling power of an engine or animal.
  • n. The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
  • n. (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
  • n. (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
  • n. (usually after forms of get or have) Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal.
  • v. (medicine, transitive) To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.).

friction

  • n. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
  • n. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
  • n. (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

grip

  • v. (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  • v. (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  • v. To trench; to drain.
  • n. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  • n. A handle or other place to grip.
  • n. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or…
  • n. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  • n. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
  • n. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
  • n. Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza, flu.
  • n. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
  • n. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
  • n. Assistance; help or encouragement.
  • n. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
  • n. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  • n. (figuratively) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  • n. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
  • n. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
  • n. (obsolete) The griffin.

pull

  • interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
  • n. An act of pulling (applying force).
  • n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
  • n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
  • n. (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
  • n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star).
  • n. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in…
  • n. A journey made by rowing.
  • n. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
  • n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
  • n. (slang) The act of drinking.
  • n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
  • n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing…
  • v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
  • v. To attract or net; to pull in.
  • v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
  • v. (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
  • v. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
  • v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
  • v. (intransitive) To row.
  • v. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
  • v. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward…
  • v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport.
  • v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
  • v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked…
  • v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.).
  • v. (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
  • v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

pulling

  • v. present participle of pull.
  • n. The act by which something is pulled.

rubbing

  • n. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with…
  • v. present participle of rub.

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