Definition of pull

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Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..

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Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..
Tractive :: Tractive (a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power..
Uppluck :: Uppluck (v. t.) To pull or pluck up.
Touse :: Touse (n.) A pulling; a disturbance.
Polive :: Polive (n.) A pulley.
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies..
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
Repullulate :: Repullulate (v. i.) To bud again.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..
Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..
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..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..
Pulley :: Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain..
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