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| 1. | [ verb ] cause to move along the ground by pulling | |
| Synonyms: | draw force | |
| Examples: | "draw a wagon" "pull a sled" |
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| Related terms: | push move attract drag yank attract haul pluck entrain stretch hike_up adduct twitch winch abduct pull_back pluck tug attract attract extract level pluck wrest uproot shlep pull_back rope_in draw draft | |
| 2. | [ verb ] direct toward itself or oneself | |
| Synonyms: | attract pull_in draw_in | |
| Examples: | "Her good looks attract the stares of many men" "The ad pulled in many potential customers" "This pianist pulls huge crowds" "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
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| Related terms: | repel tug catch draw_in attract curl_up draw_in | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (work,transportation) move into a certain direction; of a car | |
| Synonyms: | motor drive | |
| Examples: | "The van pulled up" |
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| Related terms: | travel drive cut_in driving drive motor drive driveway motoring ride | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (transportation) move into a certain direction | |
| Examples: | "the car pulls to the right" |
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| Related terms: | drive cut_in | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | |
| Synonyms: | pulling | |
| Examples: | "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder" "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
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| Related terms: | propulsion tug draw draft drag deracination pluck traction attract | |
| 6. | [ verb ] apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | force attract wrench pick_at draw_close draw_back | |
| 7. | [ verb ] perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | |
| Synonyms: | commit perpetrate | |
| Examples: | : "perpetrate a crime" "pull a bank robbery" |
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| Related terms: | act make recommit perpetrator perpetration | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (arms) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | |
| Synonyms: | draw pull_out take_out get_out | |
| Examples: | "draw a weapon" "pull out a gun" "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
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| Related terms: | remove unsheathe extract draw drawer | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (physics) the force used in pulling | |
| Examples: | "the pull of the moon" "the pull of the current" |
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| Related terms: | force | |
| 10. | [ verb ] steer into a certain direction; of a vehicle | |
| Examples: | "pull one's horse to a stand" "Pull the car over" |
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| Related terms: | drive | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a device used for pulling something | |
| Examples: | "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" |
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| Related terms: | device bellpull pull_chain attract | |
| 12. | [ verb ] strain abnormally | |
| Synonyms: | overstretch | |
| Examples: | "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up" "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" |
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| Related terms: | injure wrench | |
| 13. | [ noun ] special advantage or influence | |
| Synonyms: | clout | |
| Examples: | "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" |
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| Related terms: | advantage | |
| 14. | [ verb ] take away | |
| Examples: | "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
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| Related terms: | remove draw | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (nautical,transportation) operate when rowing a boat | |
| Examples: | "pull the oars" |
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| Related terms: | row | |
| 16. | [ verb ] rein in to keep from winning a race | |
| Examples: | "pull a horse" |
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| Related terms: | rein | |
| 17. | [ verb ] (baseball) baseball: hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing | |
| Examples: | "pull the ball" |
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| Related terms: | hit baseball | |
| 18. | [ verb ] strip of feathers | |
| Synonyms: | tear deplumate deplume displume pluck | |
| Examples: | "pull a chicken" "pluck the capon" |
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| Related terms: | strip | |
| 19. | [ verb ] take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for | |
| Synonyms: | side root | |
| Examples: | "We all rooted for the home team" "I'm pulling for the underdog" "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" |
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| Related terms: | back side | |
| 20. | [ verb ] tear or be torn violently | |
| Synonyms: | rip rend rive | |
| Examples: | "The curtain ripped from top to bottom" "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
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| Related terms: | tear rent | |
| 21. | [ verb ] attract or elicit | |
| Synonyms: | attract draw fetch draw_in pull_in | |
| Examples: | "The school attracts students with artistic talents" "His playing drew a crowd" "The painting fetched more than a million at the auction" "The star cast pulled many people to the box office" |
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| Related terms: | repel tug catch draw_in bring attract curl_up draw_in attraction attraction drawing_card appear | |
| 22. | [ verb ] cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | |
| Examples: | "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 23. | [ noun ] (medicine) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | |
| Synonyms: | twist wrench | |
| Examples: | "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell" "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" |
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| Related terms: | injury sprain | |
| 24. | [ verb ] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | |
| Synonyms: | extract pull_out draw_out pull_up take_out | |
| Examples: | "pull weeds" "extract a bad tooth" "take out a splinter" "extract information from the telegram" |
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| Related terms: | remove wring_out demodulate thread draw extraction | |
| 25. | [ noun ] a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | |
| Synonyms: | drag puff | |
| Examples: | "he took a puff on his pipe" "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
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| Related terms: | inhalation toke smoke puff | |
| 26. | [ noun ] a sustained effort | |
| Examples: | "it was a long pull but we made it" |
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| Related terms: | effort perpetrate | |
| Similar spelling: |
pul pulley pule pula Puleo Paull |
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