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Definition pull

Etymology 1

From Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (�to pull, draw, tug, pluck off�). Related to West Frisian p�lje (�to shell, husk�), Middle Dutch pullen (�to drink�), Middle Dutch polen (�to peel, strip�), Low German pulen (�to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks�), Icelandic p�la (�to work hard, beat�).

Verb

pull (third-person singular simple present pulls, present participle pulling, simple past and past participle pulled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
3. To attract or net; to pull in.
4. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
5. (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
6. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
7. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
8. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
9. (intransitive) To row.
10. (transitive, rowing) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
11. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
12. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
13. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
14. To score a certain number of points in a sport.
15. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
16. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
17. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
18. (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
19. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

Interjection

pull

1. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (�to pull�) (see above).

Noun

pull (countable and uncountable, plural pulls)

1. An act of pulling (applying force)
2. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source
3. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
4. (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
5. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star)
6. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
7. A journey made by rowing
8. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
9. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
10. (colloquial) The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
11. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
12. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

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