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verb Pull v. t. (past & past part. pulled; pres. part. pulling) 1.To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. "Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows." "He put forth his hand... and pulled her in." 2.To draw apart; to tear; to rend. "He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate." 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." To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. " To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. " In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up." " To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud." To pull a finch. See under Finch. To pull off, take or draw off.
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.
noun 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." 2.A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. 3.A pluck; loss or violence suffered. (Poetic) "Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb lopped off." 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) 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."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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