Definition of pull

noun (n)

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you (noun.act)

  Synonym: pulling
  

  Example:
  The pull up the hill had him breathing harder.
  His strenuous pulling strained his back.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the force used in pulling (noun.phenomenon)

  Example:
  The pull of the moon.
  The pull of the current.
  

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• special advantage or influence (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: clout
  

  Example:
  The chairman's nephew has a lot of pull.
  

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• a device used for pulling something (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He grabbed the pull and opened the drawer.
  

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• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments (noun.state)

  Synonym: twist, wrench
  

  Example:
  He was sidelined with a hamstring pull.
  

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• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) (noun.act)

  Synonym: drag, puff
  

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• a sustained effort (noun.act)

  Example:
  It was a long pull but we made it.
  

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• The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• cause to move by pulling (verb.contact)

  Synonym: draw, force
  Antonym: force, push
  

  Example:
  Pull a sled.
  

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• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact)

  Synonym: attract, draw, draw in, pull in
  Antonym: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse
  

  Example:
  The ad pulled in many potential customers.
  This pianist pulls huge crowds.
  

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• move into a certain direction (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The car pulls to the right.
  

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• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Pull the rope.
  Pull the handle towards you.
  Pull the string gently.
  Pull the trigger of the gun.
  Pull your knees towards your chin.
  

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• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (verb.social)

  Synonym: commit, perpetrate
  

  Example:
  Pull a bank robbery.
  

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• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover (verb.motion)

  Synonym: draw, get out, pull out, take out
  

  Example:
  Pull out a gun.
  The mugger pulled a knife on his victim.
  

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• steer into a certain direction (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Pull one's horse to a stand.
  Pull the car over.
  

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• strain abnormally (verb.body)

  Synonym: overstretch
  

  Example:
  I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up.
  The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition.
  

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• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

  Synonym: draw
  

  Example:
  A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter.
  

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• operate when rowing a boat (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Pull the oars.
  

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• rein in to keep from winning a race (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Pull a horse.
  

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• tear or be torn violently (verb.contact)

  Synonym: rend, rip, rive
  

  Example:
  Pull the cooked chicken into strips.
  

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• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Pull the ball.
  

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• strip of feathers (verb.contact)

  Synonym: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear
  

  Example:
  Pull a chicken.
  

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• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense (verb.contact)

  Synonym: draw out, extract, pull out, pull up, take out
  

  Example:
  Pull weeds.
  

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• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for (verb.competition)

  Synonym: root for
  

  Example:
  I'm pulling for the underdog.
  

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• take away (verb.change)

  Synonym: deprive, impoverish
  

  Example:
  Pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf.
  

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• To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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