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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Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Revulse :: Revulse (v. t.) To pull back with force.
Croupade :: Croupade (n.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Cone Pulley :: Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape..
Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight..
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..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Rug :: Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Discalceation :: Discalceation (n.) The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
Discalceate :: Discalceate (v. t.) To pull off shoes or sandals from.
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..
Rash :: Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Ampullate :: Ampullate (a.) Alt. of Ampullate.
Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..
Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..
Infratrochlear :: Infratrochlear (a.) Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve..
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