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Webster 1913 Edition

Pull

Pull

,
Verb.
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.
Ne’er
pull
your hat upon your brows.
Shakespeare
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)
To hold back, and so prevent from winning;
as, the favorite was
pulled
.
6.
(Print.)
To take or make, as a proof or impression; – hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
7.
(Cricket)
To strike the ball in a particular manner. See
Pull
,
Noun.
, 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

,
Verb.
I.
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

,
Noun.
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.
Shakespeare
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)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pull

PULL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vello.]
1.
To draw; to draw towards one or to make an effort to draw. Pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is used in the same sense; but we may also pull forever without drawing or moving the thing. This distinction may not be universal. Pull is opposed to push.
Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in to him into the ark. Gen.8.
2.
To pluck; to gather by drawing or forcing off or out; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax.
3.
To tear; to rend; but in this sense followed by some qualifying word or phrase; as, to pull in pieces; to pull asunder or apart. To pull in two, is to separate or tear by violence into two parts.
To pull down, to demolish or to take in pieces by separating the parts; as, to pull down a house.
1.
To demolish; to subvert; to destroy.
In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than to build up.
2.
To bring down; to degrade; to humble.
To raise the wretched and pull down the proud.
pull off, to separate by pulling; to pluck; also, to take off without force; as, to pull off a coat or hat.
To pull out, to draw out; to extract.
To pull up, to pluck up; to tear up by the roots; hence, to extirpate; to eradicate; to destroy.

PULL

,
Noun.
The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing towards one.
1.
A contest; a struggle.
2.
Pluck; violence suffered.

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