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Definitions of pull
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To draw with force; haul; drag; tug; pluck. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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To draw towards one by exerting force; pluck; as, to pull grapes; drag or haul; as, to pull a wagon; draw out; as, to pull a tooth. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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To draw or try to draw: to draw forcibly: to tear: to pluck. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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To draw forcibly; to tug. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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To give a pull: to draw. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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To draw towards one; to pluck; to tear; to rend. To pull down, to demolish; to humble. To pull off, to separate by pulling. To pull out, to extract. To pull up, to tear up by the roots; to eradicate. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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To draw forcibly; to rend; to draw towards one; to pluck; to gather; to haul or tug. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds". Wordnet Dictionary DB
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apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your kneees towards your chin" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. Newage Dictionary DB
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To draw apart; to tear; to rend. Newage Dictionary DB
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To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch. Newage Dictionary DB
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To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar. Newage Dictionary DB
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To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled. Newage Dictionary DB
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To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever. Newage Dictionary DB
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To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope. Newage Dictionary DB
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The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one. Newage Dictionary DB
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A pluck; loss or violence suffered. Newage Dictionary DB
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A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull. Newage Dictionary DB
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The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. Newage Dictionary DB
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The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. Newage Dictionary DB
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Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull. Newage Dictionary DB
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A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. Newage Dictionary DB
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The act of using force to draw; a tug; colloquially, influence or advantage. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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The act of pulling: a struggle or contest. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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To draw; pluck. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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The act of pulling; draft. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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An advantage, as through political favoritism. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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A pluck; a drawing; a contest. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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