2 definitions found
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pulling
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" [syn:
{pull}]
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