Category:Pull

Pull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulling.] Etym: [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)

Defn: to hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was Pulled.

6. (print.)

Defn: to take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses Being worked by pulling a lever.

7. (cricket)

Defn: 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.

Pull Pull, v. i.

Defn: 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.

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)

Defn: 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.