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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.
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Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. Shak.
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He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in. Gen. viii. 9.
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2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
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He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. Lam. iii. 11.
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3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, “to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.”
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4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, “to pull a bell; to pull an oar.”
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5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, “the favorite was pulled”.
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6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
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7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.
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Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. R. H. Lyttelton.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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Pull, n.
1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
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I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. Swift.
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2. A contest; a struggle; as, “a wrestling pull”. Carew.
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3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
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Two pulls at once;
His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. Shak.
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4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, “a drawer pull; a bell pull.”
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5. The act of rowing; as, “a pull on the river”. [Colloq.]
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6. The act of drinking; as, “to take a pull at the beer, or the mug”. [Slang] Dickens.
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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]
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8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
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The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. R. A. Proctor.
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