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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Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..
Ampullated :: Ampullated (a.) Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Tetraspaston :: Tetraspaston (n.) A machine in which four pulleys act together.
Telodynamic :: Telodynamic (a.) Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Rug :: Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Tracker :: Tracker (n.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
Trochlear :: Trochlear (n.) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage..
Tightener :: Tightener (n.) That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley..
Tuggingly :: Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..
Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..
Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of drawing or pullin.
Avel :: Avel (v. t.) To pull away.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..
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