: 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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pulled down; pulling down; pulls down
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)
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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
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
American walnut beams highlight the ceiling, while a pull-down faucet doubles as a chic sun catcher.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
Lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
In the summer of 2009, Mayo Clinic leaders voiced strong opposition to the creation of a public option, which advocates say would have helped pull down the ballooning price of both health care treatments and insurance.
—Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Across is a bar that can be hidden or extended with a pull-down counter.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
American walnut beams highlight the ceiling, while a pull-down faucet doubles as a chic sun catcher.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
In recent years the question of separating NBCUniversal from the broadband business has been raised as it’s considered to have pulled down the stock.
—Lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
In the summer of 2009, Mayo Clinic leaders voiced strong opposition to the creation of a public option, which advocates say would have helped pull down the ballooning price of both health care treatments and insurance.
—Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Pull-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull-down. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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