Definition of pull

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Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

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Heterodromous :: Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Nest :: Nest (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively..
Ampulla :: Ampulla (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
Step :: Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..
Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..
Pull :: Pull (n.) The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A pull; a lugging.
Tuggingly :: Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily..
Ampullary :: Ampullary (a.) Resembling an ampulla.
Puller :: Puller (n.) One who, or that which, pulls..
Revulse :: Revulse (v. t.) To pull back with force.
Discalceation :: Discalceation (n.) The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning..
Ampulla :: Ampulla (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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