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English Dictionary: pull |
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5 results for pull |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- pull
- n
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward
or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
Synonym(s): pull, pulling
- the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current"
- special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
Synonym(s): pull, clout
- a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
Synonym(s): wrench, twist, pull
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
Synonym(s): puff, drag, pull
- a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it"
- v
- cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
Synonym(s): pull, draw, force Antonym(s): force, push
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
Synonym(s): attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in Antonym(s): beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse
- move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right"
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
Synonym(s): perpetrate, commit, pull
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
Synonym(s): draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
- steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"
- strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
Synonym(s): pull, overstretch
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
Synonym(s): pull, draw
- operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars"
- rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse"
- tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
Synonym(s): rend, rip, rive, pull
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
Synonym(s): pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
Synonym(s): extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
Synonym(s): pull, root for
- take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Pull \Pull\, v. i.
To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or
hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
{To pull apart}, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope
will pull apart.
{To pull up}, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.
{To pull through}, to come successfully to the end of a
difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Pull \Pull\, n.
1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to
move something by drawing toward one.
I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which
was fastened at the top of my box. --Swift.
2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. --Carew.
3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb
lopped off. --Shak.
4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is
pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]
6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or
the mug. [Slang] --Dickens.
7. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an
advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the
favorite had the pull. [Slang]
8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to
the off side, or an off ball to the side.
The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad
cricket. --R. A.
Proctor.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall,
piol, spiol.]
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --Shak.
He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
--Gen. viii.
9.
2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
pieces; he hath made me desolate. --Lam. iii.
11.
3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;
as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning;
as, the favorite was pulled.
6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; --
hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See
{Pull}, n., 8.
Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H.
Lyttelton.
{To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. [bd] Both are
equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable
to do. [b8] --South.
{To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to
pull down a house. [bd] In political affairs, as well as
mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.[b8]
--Howell. [bd] To raise the wretched, and pull down the
proud.[b8] --Roscommon.
{To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}.
{To pull off}, take or draw off.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
pull
{pull media}
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