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PULL, v.t. [L. vello.]

1. To draw; to draw towards one or to make an effort to draw. Pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is used in the same sense; but we may also pull forever without drawing or moving the thing. This distinction may not be universal. Pull is opposed to push.

Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in to him into the ark. Gen.8.

2. To pluck; to gather by drawing or forcing off or out; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax.

3. To tear; to rend; but in this sense followed by some qualifying word or phrase; as, to pull in pieces; to pull asunder or apart. To pull in two, is to separate or tear by violence into two parts.

To pull down, to demolish or to take in pieces by separating the parts; as, to pull down a house.

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy.

In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than to build up.

2. To bring down; to degrade; to humble.

To raise the wretched and pull down the proud.

pull off, to separate by pulling; to pluck; also, to take off without force; as, to pull off a coat or hat.

To pull out, to draw out; to extract.

To pull up, to pluck up; to tear up by the roots; hence, to extirpate; to eradicate; to destroy.

PULL, n. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing towards one.

1. A contest; a struggle.

2. Pluck; violence suffered.



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PULL, v.t. [L. vello.]

1. To draw; to draw towards one or to make an effort to draw. Pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is used in the same sense; but we may also pull forever without drawing or moving the thing. This distinction may not be universal. Pull is opposed to push.

Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in to him into the ark. Gen.8.

2. To pluck; to gather by drawing or forcing off or out; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax.

3. To tear; to rend; but in this sense followed by some qualifying word or phrase; as, to pull in pieces; to pull asunder or apart. To pull in two, is to separate or tear by violence into two parts.

To pull down, to demolish or to take in pieces by separating the parts; as, to pull down a house.

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy.

In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than to build up.

2. To bring down; to degrade; to humble.

To raise the wretched and pull down the proud.

pull off, to separate by pulling; to pluck; also, to take off without force; as, to pull off a coat or hat.

To pull out, to draw out; to extract.

To pull up, to pluck up; to tear up by the roots; hence, to extirpate; to eradicate; to destroy.

PULL, n. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing towards one.

1. A contest; a struggle.

2. Pluck; violence suffered.

PULL, n.

  1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing toward one. – Swift.
  2. A contest; a struggle. – Carew.
  3. Pluck; violence suffered. – Shak.

PULL, v.t. [Sax. pullian; L. vello. Qu. Eth. ባልሐ baleach. Class Bl, No. 7.]

  1. To draw; to draw toward one or make an effort to draw. Pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is used in the same sense; but we may also pull forever without drawing or moving the thing. This distinction may not be universal. Pull is opposed to push. Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in to him into the ark. – Gen. viii.
  2. To pluck; to gather by drawing or forcing off or out; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax.
  3. To tear; to rend; but in this sense followed by some qualifying word or phrase; as, to pull in pieces; to pull asunder or apart. To pull in two, is to separate or tear by violence into two parts. To pull down, to demolish or take in pieces by separating the parts; as, to pull down a house. #2. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy. In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than to build up. – Howell. #3. To bring down; to degrade; to humble. To raise the wretched and pull down the proud. – Roscommon. To pull off, to separate by pulling; to pluck; also, to take off without force; as, to pull of a coat or hat. To pull out, to draw out; to extract. To pull up, to pluck up; to tear up by the roots; hence, to extirpate; to eradicate; to destroy.

Pull
  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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

    Carew.
  6. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
  7. A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

    [Poetic]

    Two pulls at once;
    His lady banished, and a limb lopped off.
    Shak.

  8. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
  9. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
  10. To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
  11. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

    [Colloq.]
  12. To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
  13. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

    [Slang] Dickens.
  14. 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. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. " South. -- 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." Howell. " To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud." Roscommon. -- To pull a finch. See under Finch. -- To pull off, take or draw off.

  15. 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]
  16. 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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Pull

PULL, verb transitive [Latin vello.]

1. To draw; to draw towards one or to make an effort to draw. pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is used in the same sense; but we may also pull forever without drawing or moving the thing. This distinction may not be universal. pull is opposed to push.

Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in to him into the ark. Genesis 8:9.

2. To pluck; to gather by drawing or forcing off or out; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax.

3. To tear; to rend; but in this sense followed by some qualifying word or phrase; as, to pull in pieces; to pull asunder or apart. To pull in two, is to separate or tear by violence into two parts.

To pull down, to demolish or to take in pieces by separating the parts; as, to pull down a house.

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy.

In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than to build up.

2. To bring down; to degrade; to humble.

To raise the wretched and pull down the proud.

PULL off, to separate by pulling; to pluck; also, to take off without force; as, to pull off a coat or hat.

To pull out, to draw out; to extract.

To pull up, to pluck up; to tear up by the roots; hence, to extirpate; to eradicate; to destroy.

PULL, noun The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing towards one.

1. A contest; a struggle.

2. Pluck; violence suffered.

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