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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Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Demolish :: Demolish (v. t.) To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..
Ampul :: Ampul (n.) Same as Ampulla, 2..
String :: String (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly..
Face :: Face (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object..
Crown :: Crown (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley..
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
Sowle :: Sowle (v. t.) To pull by the ears; to drag about.
Double :: Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred..
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting..
Pentaspast :: Pentaspast (n.) A purchase with five pulleys.
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