pull meaning
EN[pʊl] [-ʊl]US
WPull
- A pull is a force that acts in the direction of the origin of the force.
- Pull may also refer to:
- Muscle pull, a strain injury
- Drawer pull
- Pull (philately), impression from a handstamp or die
- Pull technology, a method of content delivery
- Push–pull strategy, a type of business strategy/system
FR pull
- NounPLpulls
- An act of pulling (applying force).
- He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
- An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
- The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.
- iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet
- She took a pull on her cigarette.
- Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
- a zipper pull
- (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
- In weights the favourite had the pull.
- Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star).
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology.
- A journey made by rowing.
- (dated) A contest; a struggle.
- a wrestling pull
- (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
- (slang) The act of drinking.
- to take a pull at a mug of beer
- (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
- (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
- An act of pulling (applying force).
- VerbSGpullsPRpullingPT, PPpulled
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- When I give the signal, pull the rope.
- You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.
- To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
- to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch
- To attract or net; to pull in.
- To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
- (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
- I pulled at the club last night.
- He's pulled that bird over there.
- (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.
- (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
- He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.
- You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.
- (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
- I'll have to pull a part number for that.
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
- (intransitive) To row.
- (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
- (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
- To score a certain amount of points in a sport.
- (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
- The favourite was pulled.
- (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
- (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.).
- (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
- Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint.
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?
- After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap.
- Getting information from him is like pulling teeth.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Pull the car up a little so you don't block his driveway.
- Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
- Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of pull in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary