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5 definitions found 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. 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. `` 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 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pull n 1: 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" [syn: {pulling}] 2: the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" 3: special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" 4: a device used for pulling something "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" 5: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: {wrench}, {twist}] 6: 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" [syn: {puff}, {drag}] 7: a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" v 1: cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" [syn: {draw}, {force}] [ant: {push}] 2: direct toward itself or oneself; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men" [syn: {attract}, {pull in}, {draw in}] [ant: {repel}] 3: move into a certain direction; of a car "The van pulled up" [syn: {drive}] 4: apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope" 5: perform an act usually with a negative connotation: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn: {perpetrate}, {commit}] 6: bring take or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon" [syn: {draw}, {pull out}, {get out}, {take out}] 7: steer into a certain direction; of a vehicle; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" 8: strain abnormally; of muscles and tendons [syn: {overstretch}] 9: attract or elicit; "The school attracts students with artistic talents"; "His playing drew a crowd" [syn: {attract}, {fetch}, {pull in}, {draw}, {draw in}] 10: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom" [syn: {rend}, {rip}, {rive}] 11: strip of feathers; as of chickens [syn: {pluck}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: pull {pull media}
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