Pull /(?)/

Pull

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pulled; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
    — 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. To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled. (Horse Racing)
  6. To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever. (Print.)
  7. To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. (Cricket)
    Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.
    — R. H. Lyttelton.

Phrases & Compounds
To pull and haul
to draw hither and thither.
To pull down
to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house.
To pull a finch
See under Finch.
To pull off
take or draw off.

Pull

v. i.
  1. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

Phrases & Compounds
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.

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. A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. (Cricket)
    The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket.